What is the best climbing plant to cover a wall?
The best climbers for a garden wall or fence Ivy grows better in the shade, but it’s all-important autumn flowers bloom once it gets its ‘head’ into the sun. If you can erect a trellis, try Common Jasmine or a passionflower. Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) is self-clinging and grows best against a sunny wall. Generally, any perennial that grows well in a shaded bed will grow well along a shaded wall. And if you can’t grow tall perennials, have a look at groundcovers and shorter mounding plants such as hellebores. Pulmonaria (blue flowers) in a perennial garden along a wall.