Help... Which Plants?

[knowabit]

I'm useless with gardening!
I would like to buy a fast growing plant that will grow up trellis. I'd ideally like one that stays green and bushy year round, as its to block view into garden, but also that flowers in the summer for a bit of added colour.... the same goes for some plants to go in pots?? The garden looks so bare in winter!
Does anyone know some good ones?
Many thanks in advance...

[mazie]

Hi knowabit. I have this one, it's evergreen and should be great for the trellis

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=453

[mazie]

Fatsia are good for the pots. Not much by way of flowers but great foilage plant for the pots they grow quite tall, so depends how big your garden is.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=788

[mazie]

A Wisteria tree would be nice but they can be expensive.

http://www.gardenoasis.co.uk/standard-wisteria-tree-p-469.html

[knowabit]

Thanks for your help x

[rockyracoon]

I've got a fast growing evergreen Honeysuckle that climbs up a trellis, it's got pretty flowers in the summer but does need pruning back as it's a bit mad.

Lonicera Henryi

[knowabit]

Thanks Rocky x

[Chipchopper]

The first thing to spring to mind was Mazie's first suggestion- (Clematis armandii) particularly if the position is sunny and sheltered!

[knowabit]

Yes, the Clematis looks nice... is it fast growing though? I'd like to plant something now that will be nice and bushy by winter!?

[Robinia]

Well nothing apart from a Russian vine will grow that fast knowabit...and you don't want one of those! Gardening requires patience :)
Some honeysuckles will grow fairly quickly but they all need time to get their roots established and they will require some pruning or tidying up eventually. Why not plant a clematis and a honesuckle together...these are mine last year (clematis is Lasurstern and the honeysuckle I was told was serotina but I'm not sure it is)

http://i49.tinypic.com/t9d3s9.jpg

As for winter colour in pots, there are things like pansies, cyclamen etc but in winters such as this last one they don't do very well. You could try some low growing variegated or gold leaf evergreens and keep them trimmed. Euonymous are pretty tough.

[coccinelle]

Another choice for a climber is a (summer) jasmine; it's evergreen and flowers and smells lovely in summer.