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about climbers to fit your criteria. I grow a lovely ivy called Buttercup that grows in sun and partial shade. The leaves are a beautiful shade of yellow. Gold heart is another ivy I grow. It's a bright variegated form I think may grow on north wall

to be kept shaped but I have found that not a problem. Also evergreen clematis for winter colour such as 'Freckles', Clem cartmanii 'Joe' (spring) Lovely scented winter flowering honeysuckle. there are more I am sure others will come up with some  Ivy comes

read sweet woodruff will go along with shade as well. They have white blossoms in May/June and smell nice. There is always ivy as well, the most shade resistant plant I know of. Avoid any varieties with white markings, as in complete shade the white

Hi all, Last year we moved into to a "tumble down" cottage so the auctioneer called it (after we bought it) !! Which has a 1/2 acre of garden/orchard with tree lines for borders and fields to all sides. The trees have ivy growing all over them which

, will they recover? Thank oldchippy. Yes, I agree that ivy growing in trees is not always beneficial. Wildlife may like it, but the extra weight and volume of this vigorous evergreen can act like a sail and pull down even healthy trees and branches in high wind

, including African violets, cane-stemmed begonias, coleus, cyperus, impatiens, ivy, rubber plants and verbena.More on growing and caring for house plantsTaking stem cuttings from dracaena house plantsGrowing cactus plants from seedGrowing indoor amarylis

Hi all, I have a fence between my garden and the neighbour. Its just plain featherboard and looks a little dull. I am looking for something to cover it (although NOT ivy). There is now a Sorbus chinese lace in the sunnier end, but the fence runs

Took cuttings of Virginia Creeper earlier in the year, they survived the summer and appear quite strong, just get them through the winter and then plant out. Hoping they will grow up over some trellis and provide some shade. Thanks for the comments

.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hesperis+matronalis could anyone out there recommend plants that are slug proof, thanks Hi Ive been trying to find out how to kill ivy. I have been told so far that diesel?! Well seems a bit drastic but it is really a problem for me. My neibourgh loves it and it grows

in white, bright and pale pink. Virginia Creeper or Boston Ivy are both climbers that grow in shade and have good autumn colour Other plants that are happy in shade are hostas, bergenia cordifolia (can be very bright pink flowers), lilly of the valley