Climber to compete with ivy on a north facing wall?

[24HoursFromTulseHill]

The north facing wall at the end of my garden has a vigorous ivy growing on the bricks and trellis, planted by the previous owner.
I hack it back twice a year to keep it under control and although I like having the evergreen leaf cover and all the benefits to wildlife, it's a bit boring to look at.
The previous owners had tried planting a honeysuckle but it never seems to flower well - I don't know if it's a bit too overgrown and needs a hard prune or the ivy is too dominant and it just doesn't stand a chance.
Is there another climber I could plant that would stand up to the ivy a bit better and give me some flowers?
The wall is very shady as our neighbour has overgrown trees on thenother side and the soil is on the clay side.
Any suggestions?

Climbing hydrangea. They are fine on north facing walls and provide a brilliant home for birds and very pretty white lacy flowers. They take a while to get going though so you might have to be patient or but a large one to start with.

Hydrangea petiolaris
might take a while to get going but it will!

Anything you plant is likely to struggle against ivy especially north facing. We have an evergreen honeysuckle that holds its own, but only because it was planted at the same time as the ivyand is very established

Russian vine will do it. It’s a bit of a thug but pretty flowers

Also some evergreen passion flowers. I forget which one I planted, but it’s very enthusiastically overpowering a hedge here at the moment! The flowers are a beautiful purple, and it gives bright orange fruits, the size of a biggish plum, if that helps.

I have a massive one in my north facing garden. It is beautiful.

Thanks for all the suggestions!
I'll look them up and see what could work.
I think the honeysuckle was planted when the neighbours trees weren't quite so high so the hope was it'd do the whole "roots in the shade, flowers in the sun" thing.
I love passionflower and had a deciduous one in a pot on and west facing wall until a bad frost saw it off and I replaced it with a climbing rose.

If I can't get a flowering climber in with the ivy then plan b is to fill the border in front with extra tall foxgloves and purple huechara for some splashes of colour amongst the green.