Climber for this SW wall

dangermousie

This wall is crying out for a climber. In the picture is a ceonothus. I'm thinking a white wisteria, but will that be drought tolerant? It's not convenient to get to with water. Is there something else I should consider? Thanks!

Busy-Lizzie

A Wisteria will need something to wind itself around for support so you would need to supply that, maybe wires attached to vine eyes. You may have to wind the stems around to start with.

Wisteria is fairly drought tolerant and good for growing on walls.

dangermousie

Thanks for the info and rotation! 😊

Arthur1

Some clematis are very vigorous but have the advantage that they can be cut hard back regularly, this makes maintenence easy. They do need a support though. Photos are of C rehderiana and C chinensis. Either of these would grow on your wall. Both can be grown from seed.

Pete.8

I think if it were my wall I'd avoid climbers.
Unless you have a climber that is self-clinging, you'll need vine eyes and horizontal wires all the way up to train it.
Then you'd need to consider how to keep it pruned too. Not much fun at that height.

I'd have a think about small fastigiate trees (trees that grow upwards and stay narrow)
You may get some ideas here-
https://www.google.com/search?q=small+fastigiate+trees+uk&sxsrf=ALiCzsacAca5Venv3zzjF4-JPiZaw1ZRvw:1665652799355&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirxrKb8Nz6AhXqS0EAHXXbC6sQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1920&bih=1089&dpr=1

Lizzie27

I echo what Pete.8 says, vigorous climbers like wisteria are high maintenance once they get growing.

dangermousie

Thanks, it's good to know about the disadvantage of this stunning plant. I'll look into the alternatives each of you had provided. 

Fire

Fastigiate trees would be lovely but will need lots of water to get them established in the first years.

Fairygirl

Not all clematis reach humongous proportions, so there's plenty that would be fine, as long as you put some support in for them.
If watering's a problem, look at the smaller, early types - alpinas, macropetalas etc. They prefer drier conditions anyway, unlike their larger flowered, later relatives. 

It goes without saying that they still need to be well watered on planting, until well established, but at this time of year, it's easier. 

Fire

You would need something to climb up

Fire

You would need something for it to climb up