What's the fastest growing climber?

[Richie616]

I have a nasty stain down the brickwork of the front of my house. I think a previous occupant must have had a boiler overflow problem because it stems from the overflow pipe. I have been told that, if I clean it with chemicals or abrasives that would leave another mark that would look out of place.

So I have decided to fix a trellis and cover it with a climbing plant. As the stain runs almost to the upstairs windows I need quite an aggressive growing plant. I'm not keen on Ivy as that is not good for the brickwork.

Any Ideas?

[Sandy-Wroe]

Clematis Montana gives good coverage. Not sure if it's the fastest growing.

[foxyferret]

how about a passion flower, mine goes berserk.

[theonlyone]

Viginia creeper is a fast grower and doesn't
undermine the brick work .

[sn�gs]

Russian Vine... if you're prepared to keep it in check regularly...

[nonomaybe]

The old wives tale about Ivy being bad for brick work is just that. If your brickwork is sound and well-pointed the Ivy will not create a problem all it will do is use the moisture in the brickwork to develop but it won't reduce the wall to a dried out husk!!

[carlton23]

The trouble with Virginia Creeper is if you pull it down off the wall in years to come it leaves thousands of little `finger` dots all over the brickwork and are a devilish job to remove, as I found out when I decided to paint the claddig on the front of my 2up-2down house.