Fast climber for the house

[Naga]

I am looking for a fast climber which can be used up the front of the house. I was looking at Russian Vine, will this damage walls? Any other suggestions for fast climbers?

[rustylady]

Russian Vine will try to take over the world, never mind just your house. It is also known as Mile a Minute (for very good reason)

[CaroltheCarrot]

DO NOT get ivy, its a ruddy nightmare. I paid a fortune to get rid of it. It came back, with a vengeance

[Corris]

Not ivy OR mile a minute - I have both at my new house and you can watch the damned things growing!

[chris]

A Montana? Jasmine? Honeysuckle? There's a few threads on this with some great suggestions in, in this forum already

[Naga]

Thanks for the replies. I think I will get the Clematis Montana and possible Honeysuckle... are these ok to plant now?

[Two_Sheds]

If you can find them in pots, they're fine to plant now.

Fast growing is always a big ask: they don't know when to stop. Russian Vine in particular is an absolute nightmare. It doesn't stay where you plant it ~ it comes up through cracks in paving, through the lawn, through next door's lawn ...

[taff]

I put some virginia creeper on the front of the house [anything to disguise the disgusting frontage]. Looks good in the summer and autumn, not so good in winter obviously, but you do have to chop it away from the windows, and i will at some point have to borrow a ladder to keep it out of the guttering.

[VirginVegGrower]

Depends which way your wall is facing. For North walls a climbing hydrangea is hard to beat. For South it's a Wisteria everytime for me. Clematis Montana is fairly quick and scented but you will need vine eyes and wires. Solanum scrambling through a climbing rose another option. Russian Vine is quick but destroys mortar in brickwork as does ivy once it gets a foothold. Steer clear IMO!