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Looking for fast growing climbers what would you suggest apart from clematis?  
Looking for fast growing climbers what would you suggest apart from clematis?

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Japanese knot weed.  
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Mile a minute or Passion flower x
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Russian vine grows rapid x
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Honeysuckle , passio flower
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Honey suckle! Pretty, smells nice and bees love it !  
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Polmium ?  
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Jasmine, honeysuckle, pyracantha
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Try Chocolate Vine (Akebia Quintata) grows fast and has beautiful deep purple flowers in spring that smell like chocolate.  
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Virginia creeper
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Cypress vine
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Virginia creeper , honeysuckle, clematis montana
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A nice climbing rose , low maintenance just have to trim back each year. Some beautiful coloured roses.  
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Chilean potato vine
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Wow thanks folks x
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Montana, quick growing and smells lush in spring when awash with flowers
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Evergreen honeysuckle
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Mile a minute
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Children  
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Clematis Freckles flowers all year round.  
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Definitely jasmin
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I bought a winter Jasmin end of last summer only a small thing. And that has now grown about 7-8 ft tall.  
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Potato vine
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Honeysuckle and smells beautiful
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Virginia creeper also jasmine has a lovely smell and honeysuckle is fast growing
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Mile a minute
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Russian ivy or also known as "mile a minute" grows just like that! Very fast!  
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Sweet pee
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Sweet pea beautiful, fragrant and easy to grow
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Virginia creeper
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I think it depends where you are wanting to plant it because some are for shade and some for sun. perhaps decide on one then Google to see if it's suitable for where you want to it to go.  
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@tinker good point as aspect is not mentioned
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Honey suckle and passion flower
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Solanum crispum Glasnevin. beautiful flowers all through summer, fast growing, but needs tying in and pruning to keep under control
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Ceanothus x impressus is a shrub but can be trained and trimmed to grow up fences and the like
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Blackeyed Susan
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Passion flower - my fav and so beautiful
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Wisteria !?  
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Morning glory
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Jasmine. virginia creeper
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Russian vine
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@singles a lot of Councils have banned Russian Vine/Mile a minute. I loved the fast coverage, but found it so invasive.  
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Black eyed Susan
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Honeysuckle is growing faster than my Virginia creeper . and it smells. nice too
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I ve just bought a clematis and didnt realise they need shade. not really got any in my garden  
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@woken0 as long as you put something over where the roots are, I use evergreen ground cover plants they seem fine. Mine loved the sunshine
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Golden hop
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Passion flower bought one this time last year by August filled the fence.  
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Honeysuckle without a shadow of a doubt. We planted ours the same time as our clematis and it's double the size. Have on left by lightning. C on the right by the blue lantern
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Clematis (still both babies)
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Jasmine or roses
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Potato vine
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I don’t know the other name but I have a potatoes plant ( white) there Is a purple one as well but it is lovely and flowers all year
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Jasmin has nice smell too x
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Passion fruit
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Sun: wedding rose climber. Lovely and grows quickly, montana, passionfruit. Shade: white star jasmine etc. Quick growing also quickly grow across the whole garden!  
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Russian vine x
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Honeysuckle or Passion flower. Jasmine is fast & lovely but has overtaken my garden lol
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