Clematis or Something else?

So....I'm looking for a climber(s) for an east facing fence. The place I want to put them is in the side passage between two houses so there will be less than 4hrs of direct sunlight a day. I was looking at C. Alpina and C. Macropetala but I don't know if they could cope with a lot of shade. They would also have to be planted in big containers.

Ideally I don't want a plant that will just limp along, I want it to do well.

Are there any other climbers that would be suited to these conditions or am I on the right lines with C. Alpina and C. Macropetala?

I'm getting a bit fed up with the side passage as it's a bit boring compared to the rest of the garden!

 

There's some nice Honeysuckles that might suit that spot Fern

 

Hi Fern, your on the right lines with C alpina and C macropetala. A other good one would be any of C koreana's are C chiisanensis 'love child'.
Have a look on Clematis on the Web.
Will try and post a few pictures of my clematis later

 

Thanks Loli....I'll do a bit of research I think as I do like them and haven't got any.

 

Thanks Ian. I'll have a look at those. Some photos would be good.

 

Hi Fern , this Polish Clematis site below has a great reference section . You can select its aspect in the search engine- looks like most Clematis are OK facing east . It helped me select a couple of Clematis for a North facing wall

http://www.clematis.com.pl/en/encyk...cie_typu=&strefa_od=&strefa_do=&Szukaj=Search

 

Thanks Harry.....there's all sorts on there! I'll have fun searching on it now.

 

A climbing Hydrangea perhaps, they tolerate shade.

 

Thanks Sheal....I'll do some research on those too.

 

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=85, one of these might be worth a look if you want something different, I've got one growing over an arch in an exposed spot that only received a few hours sun in the morning and its doing well

 

That looks spot on Bilbo....thanks.

 

Hi Fern, this is Clematis Cragside, will try and get more pictures for you as they open

 

That's lovely. I've just googled it as well. One site said it was an Alpina and the other said it was a Macropetala!