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Good climbing plant for a north facing wall?
I need to obscure my neighbours garage wall, it forms part of the boundary between our properties and there is nothing worse than looking on to a plain wall. I cant fit a climbing frame on to the wall and a self clinging plant might damage the brickwork... help! I need something that will lean up against the wall, i did think of a cotoneaster horizontalis, would that be OK?
Thanks!
A Cotoneaster horizontalis would be fine, though it's worth taking note that these are upright shrubs, rather than climbers.
Other options would include a beautiful Clematis, such as Bees Hybrid, which shows its flower colours much better when on a north facing wall - it has striped flowers, with a lovely pink and cream - photo here - http://www.gardenvines.com/shop/images/clematis_bees_jubilee.gif This benefits from a light support for it to climb - perhaps you could have some stakes in the soil, that would start it off, otherwise it will scramble over other plants, creating a lovely natural effect. These are deciduous, so no leaves during winter. Other interesting Clematis for north walls are henryi http://www.brushwoodnursery.com/images/clematis_henryi.jpg and Dr Ruppel
http://www.jparkers.co.uk/images/new_products/CL0131.jpg.
The Climbing Hydrangea is another plant that flowers too, and grows strongly.
For near evergreen cover, Akebia quinata is unusual, and has great flowers - http://www.instantplants.ie/photo/thumb/Akebia%20quinata.jpg
For other interesting back-up, I grow Virginia Creepers on one of my north facing walls http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/1569992661_a2f3e3747e.jpg , coupled with Winter Jasmine, which has bright yellow flowers through winter time - it helps to prop it a little, then let it cascade down, to really show off the blooms http://palmaligetetmagyarorszagnak.com/palmashop/images/uploads/Jasminum_nudiflorum.jpg.
As others have mentioned, I encourage you to avoid Ivies, as they can become a little too stuck to walls, leaving a mess and potentially some damage that is hard to clear afterwards.
If you could have some stakes at each end of the wall, you could fix some support between them, even some fine netting for some of the plants. I have an obtrusive extension from a neighbour, leaving a north facing boundary wall for me, which blocks lots of light, and I've managed to mask it fairly well, using some of these plants, the rest in other parts of my garden.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
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