How slow will a climbing hydrangea grow?

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I’ve always wanted one and wondering if it would be any good for fence covering.

But wondering if it’s going to be so slow that I’d have to live here forever more to see the benefits?

They can take a few years to get going. They're not the quickest growing plant.

Once established they do romp away. I prune mine a couple of times a year, which does mean I lose some flowers.

They take a few years to get going and like a shady, moist spot. My reaches the gutters, so has to be pruned every now and then. (I love mine, or I did before it provided the means by which red spider mites appeared in my bedroom one summer's night. They were everywhere, including all over me. To say I freaked out would be an understatement... I was covered in red blotches; whether that was the spider mites or just a coincidence, I couldn't say. I really really wish I hadn't looked at them under a microscope though😱)

Mine stands about 8ft tall and is only in a 30cm terracotta pot. I've had it about 5 years, maybe 4 and was £1 from Tesco. It's not flowered yet but that might be because it's in a pot. My garden is decked so I can't plant it in the ground. It looks lovely up there garage though and has a clematis mingled in with it.

I got one this year and it's in a container. Was expecting slow growing but it's not too bad, it's probably put on about 15-20 cm since I got it in Feb.

I planted one of these in a shady border about six weeks ago. It's already grown 15cm, which has surprised me - I assumed it would be almost dormant for the first summer.