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echinosum writes:
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| Ivy aside, there aren't very many reliably hardy, reliably evergreen
| climbers, although in Iver you probably have a sufficiently mild
| climate that you have a wider choice than people in cooler spots. Other
| things to consider are Akebia quinata (chocolate vine - the flowers are
| supposed to smell of chocolate), Clematis armandii (winter flowering
| and scented - large leaves so very opaque), Holboellas, and there are
| some evergreen honeysuckles (Lonicera). Rosa banksii makes a thick
| covering and is evergreen in mild spots.

Akebia quinata and Lonicera japonica are reliably hardy, but not
reliably evergreen - they are deciduous with me in most winters.
I have never got my Holboellia to flower, as it is VERY sensitive
to cold weather in spring, but it seems pretty hardy. That is
Cambridge, incidentally.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.