"Elizabeth" wrote in message
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Evening everyone, I've just joined this ng, so a springtime (read:
sunrainsunhailsunrainsun) hello to all. The sky out my window is a
glorious bruise-purple which offsets the silver birch with its
rain-slicked
leaves such a bright green. Ahh spring...

I'm looking for a shade-loving climber or at least a shade-lover with some
height to hide a rather ugly wall (north-east facing). The other criteria
is
it needs to be able to survive in a pot or other container.

The area does get a little sun for part of the day, but not much. Any
suggestions?
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Not sure how they would do in a pot but the climbing hydrangea is a shade
lovind deciduous climbing plant or a chaenomele (japanese quince). Or as
bnd777 suggests.

As for the acer .. I've one or two suggestions based on your description:
Acer palmatum - Dissectum Atropurpureum
Acer palmatum - Garnet
Acer palmatum - Crimson Queen (var. dissectum)
Acer palmatum - Bloodgold
HTH
L