Wall Shrubs/Climber Suggestions

[planty87]

Hi all,

We have prepared trellis across 4 fence panels that we look directly at when looking out the kitchen window.

We want something that will ideally be evergreen or maintain some form of cover all year round whilst at the same time having some nice flowers to look at.

We would like to combine different types so that we can get flowers from spring through autumn (and beyond if possible!)

Half of the area will be in shade, the other half will get sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon

Do such things exist? :)

Honeysuckle smells. Nice, looks nice and can cope with the shade as well as the sun. Easy to grow too.

Winter jasmine has yellow flowers all the way through from before Christmas to spring, and is happy in shade. Clematis armandii is an early flowering evergreen

Trachelospermum Jasminoides (star jasmine) is a nice evergreen climber with glossy green leaves.

I find honeysuckle underwhelming - it gets all twiggy and bare at the bottom but it probably doesn’t thrive in my conditions (clay, semi shade).

I always think of honeysuckle as a scent thing rather than a visual thing. I have it (among other places) growing through a Rosa rugosa hedge, and the visual impact is definitely the roses and hips.

There are of course other honeysuckles. There’s a bright orange one Lonicera tellmanniana, but that has no scent. There’s a couple of evergreen ones, Lonicera henryii, which has flowers in a subtle mix of pale purple and apricot, followed by black berries, and one with tiny leaves which has necklaces of I think blue berries.