In article , Nick Maclaren says...

In article ,
writes:
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| I am not a keen gardener and am looking for the easiest option to
| disguise (year-round) the ugly lines of my house.
| I don't want to get into putting up support, I just want to plant well
| and leave alone.

Bluntly, you are on to a loser. Ivy would do all that but, unless
you trim it when it starts to get out of hand, it will remove
tiles and do similar damage. Anything that won't, will need more
attention.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Agreed. If the poster doesn't want to put up any support, then any
climbers would need to be self clinging e.g. Virginia Creeper but the
issue then is that the plant doesn't know it is supposed to stop growing
when it reaches the eaves :-)

If however, supports were attached to the house and provided they were
left sufficiently lower than the eaves, then a suitable climber would
not invade the gutters and roof space. E.g. Clematis Montana would
easily cover a house wall (It did at our last house).
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