My clementis is dead, what can I replace it with?

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Bought a clemintis in spring and it was a bit scrawny (b&m special), eventually it started growing and climbing up the fence/wire then I was in hospital for a few days, my DM looked after the garden and she seems to have killed several plants including the clemintis. Most of my plants are new and not established so the garden is looking a bit bland and boring (next year will look better) so I want to plant a couple plants that will flower and brighten things up, ideally one climber and maybe something busy with flowers.

I’m pretty new to gardening so I’m still learning the names of things. I have a long fence running down one side of the garden and would ideally like to cover some of it, I already have jasmine and honeysuckle planted which is growing nicely but slowly. What else can I plant that grows pretty fast?

Passion flower

Is it definitely dead? If it was a spring flowering clematis it might just be ‘done’ for the year and will need cutting back. I’ve had clematis that have struggled for a few years before they have finally produced good blooms.

Make sure it's definitely dead first. Clematis can be prone to wilt...one of mine did this a few weeks ago. Over the course of a few days it became like a dry brown mess of twigs. No sign of life at all.
I watered it and left alone. After two weeks it sprouted again, even from the deadest looking twigs that I hadn't got round to cutting back. It's about twice the size it was before.
They like their roots buried quite deep and the roots should be shaded with rocks or something if there's no natural shade.

Pretty sure it is dead but have left the roots in and just cut it down just incase. I will look at ‘mile a minute’. It was in semi shade (against the fence) but not sure if I buried the roots deep enough, I have another clemintis next to it which is still tiny and not doing that great, both were bought as twigs from b&m.

They do take a while to get going. Solanum crispum is very attractive, long flowering, semi-evergreen and very fast growing...but it can be a thug if not cut back a lot. mine has gone from a Wilko twig to 8 feet across and 6 feet high in three years, but from May-October I have to cut it back weekly.

I want a thug 🤣, I have a lot of fence to cover.

Whatever you do, don't get a climbing hydrangea. That thing grows about an inch a year. 😂

Rose Banksaei Lutea will cover a fence very quickly . it is thornless so easy to train and has a wonderful perfume. It flowers early so I would plant it with one of the evergreen honeysuckles

My clematis struggled for two years and gave every appearance of being dead. In exasperation, I pulled it up by the roots earlier this year and put it to one side with other garden clippings until the green bin was emptied. When I went back to it about a week later, the blooming thing....was blooming. It actually had five flowers on it which was a first. It's been replanted and put in a different position and a matter of months later, it's reached the top of the trellis and I've had to put another trellis above it. There's no stopping it.

Might be worth another try?

I had this with a clematis too. It looked deader than dead for about a year. Then it revived itself. We have since taken it out altogether but I wouldn’t assume it’s definitely finished.