climbing plants - recommendations

How about a grape vine

I'm growing a campsis for the first time this year. It's been gorgeous, and still has lots of orangey trumpet flowers on.
Bit more info on this link.

www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk/plantcard/CampsisRadicans/384.aspx?gclid=CLaNyv2NqqsCFZQOfAoduzfQ0g

Can't seem to grow clematis so I'm going to try a passion flower. Had never heard of them until my son bought one for his garden.

I had a passion flower that went out of control and tried to smother a rowan tree. I had to kill it. Likewise a Tangutica clematis that made an amelanchier tree list by about 20degrees. Crimson are you giving the clematis any lime? They don't like acidic soil, so if rhododendrons and azaleas flourish, probably clematis won't.

I've just planted a climbing hydrangea. It's against a north facing wall which apparently is the right place for it.

I'm surrounded by pine trees so, yes, the soil is acidic. There is a passionflower at our local garden centre that is growing up a trellis at least 8 feet high in jack and the beanstalk mode so I can see where you're coming from. Perhaps I can set it on the sycamore trees that also surround my garden! Visions of my house being envelopped by passionflower in years to come and handsome prince coming to rescue me [sigh].

passionflowers want to take over the world. ditto clematis montana and that little yellow bell shaped one. and wisteria. Monsters. Lovely if you have an enormous space to fill. My grapevine, having taken 6 years to settle, is now putting on a lot of growth every summer. About 10 meters.
I tried the climbing hydrangea once, to no avail. I suspect it was a bit dry. Slow growing though I think.
How about a fig tree? They like walls. Some people plant them in a buried tub to restrict growth.
My David Austin Generous Gardener is a mid size climber and is covered in lovely bloom this week... so if you wanted another rose I'd recommend that one. It grows to the top of my 6 ft fence and i am allowing it about 3 meters width. But it is not ambitious and copes with being kept in check.

Honeysuckle?

I have a lovely honeysuckle - can't remember its name - that has variegated pink, white and green foliage in spring, followed by fragrant flowers. It isn't invasive like its relative that climbs over my shed and has now forced its way inside. I bought Jasmine Clotted Cream about three years ago. While the foliage is rampant, it has produced only one lonely flower. Why?

Annobel, I too bought Clotted Cream which has rampaged and has quite a few flowers but no scent!

I can't seem to grow clematis at all and have decided that when the final 2 die (as they inevitably will!!) to find something else. Anyone have suggestions for year round interest on a south facing wall?

How about Jasmine is has a lovely scent and I found it easy to grow

I use canary creeper to fill in gaps bit like nasturtiums in that once grown although an annual it reseeds itself

Thanks for all the suggestions, I fancy a bit of 'passion' so perhaps a substitute would do with a passion flower. I have a climbing hydrangea on the shady side of my garden and it flowers wonderfully. Hadn't thought of a fig tree, will have to look it up. The clematis I dug up, well there were two of them, is a dusky pink little thing, which flowered in early spring, really really boring. I have one of the yellow ones, which I really like. I do have a lovely climber, very slow, bought it as a tidgy plant, it is variagated, and also in the shady part. I like clematis, and have quite a few, but they do take a while to get settled, and might or might not be profuse.
What is horrifying to me, is that I have shrubs, climbers all around my garden, and there is this gap of about 8 foot all bare.

What ever you do don,t put an ornamental hop in your garden , it will take over your whole garden. Go away for a few days and you won't know your own garden

Have you thought about a wisteria, if you have support for it? They do grow surprisingly quickly if given the right conditions, and the flowers are so lovely. A clematis armandii might suit you, it has rather leathery leaves all year and the most beautiful flowers from January to March, just when you despair of spring every coming! Again, it does need acid soil and good light, but will provide you with leaves and flowers to cover that gap. We have a bully boy of a fig tree in our garden (there when we moved in last year) and have to tackle it firmly with shears some time in the future before it takes over completely!

My clematis is pathetic, my hydrangea isn't doing at all well wilting a bit, could be just this year (put in last month) if you want to smother anything Black Eyed Susan, Thubergia, banned in oz as too evasive but (orange) covered my porch, hanging basket etc. but dies once temp below 7 degrees. Bought another this year (yellow) tho' and it is only 12 inches tall. Will fill an geenhouse, conservatory I am told. Yes bought a Jasmine this week my daughters is huge after 2 years. Will try passionflower next year

I have a jasmine on an arch in my sun trap back patio and it grows at least an inch every year
I also have a solanum, which is related to the potato. It grows quickly and has lots of pretty blue flowers (now) but is bare in winter. I have lots of clematis all mixed in with it.

I have just planted a solanum this afternoon chrissy. It's blue with yellow inside, and looks so dainty. It'll trail across to meet a lovely double blue clematis on the same fence.

Clotted cream jasmine is still rampant but no sign of buds. Honeysuckles, on the other hand are looking lively. One of them has managed to get inside the shed. All my clematis are doing well. I think this is because the lime in the concrete base of the fence is leaching into the soil and they love it.

Rosa banksia is a delicate, beautiful type of rose which grows speedily but not in an all-enveloping way. Just needs plenty of sunshine. The suggestion of clematis armandii was a good one, it is always such a thrill to turn a corner in darkest January and find the flowers in bloom. It hates wind, though - one which I grow made its own way to find shelter before flowering!

hi im just gonna try a climbing fuschia for the first time ill let yous know how it goes