Climber suggestions please?

I've got a 6' - 7' metal obelsik in my west facing, sandy soil border and I want to grow something up/through it to break up the long line of my neighbour's ivy covered fence and give some height to that part of the border.

Last year, before I realised it was 'tender' I planted a Jasminum officinale, however, 2' of snow and being frozen solid for several weeks has done it no good at all so I need to replace it with ..... something. There isn't a great deal of room at soil level (I can probably give it about a 12" square) since the borders are pretty well crammed full. I'm afraid it needs to be something which I can keep fairly confined to the obelsik as my neighbour is very protective of what he sees as his 'lovely backdrop' and I have to get permission to even trim the ivy back to the fence.

Any suggestions apart from another wisteria?

 

Clematis - one of the Group 3s? Although it won't look great in winter and you'll need to cut it back in early spring.

 

Hi
Fussy next door !!!

I have a golden hop which I train up a obel thingy ma jib , looks realy good agaist a dark background, easily trained, dies back to the ground over winter then resprouts in the spring mine has just started back in to growth .

Spruce

 

To be honest, I think it's only the ivy keeping the fence up - too much of a coward to snip an extra bit off to find out though!

Thank you both for your suggestions. Sussexgardener, I'd completely forgotten about a clematis .... what a good idea.

 

I'm all for getting on with the neighbours, but it does sound like your neighbour considers your garden to be an extension of his, when in fact it is yours.

I'd say by all means take your neighbour's views into account, but at the same time, your garden is your space, so do what you like.

On specific plants, how about a nice honeysuckle? At least some of them are as tough as old boots, and they look and smell ace.