climber for a long low wall

Hi, i have a wall all along the site of my house, maybe 3/4 foot tall, that because our site is higher than the site beside us is a poured concrete wall with steel reinforcement. this makes it pretty ugly.

Trying to pick a climber that will spread horizontally quite happily given that it will only get to 4 feet in height. i don't really want a hedge as this doubles as a second driveway for the house and i don't want to lose the width a hedge would take up

anyone got any suggestions? evergreen would also be a huge advantage

 

i have evergreen clematis on ohter walls, but they can go much higher. my concern with clematis is that i will end up with a bare patch along the bottom of the walls between the plants beause they go vertical rather than horizontal

 

for reference, it is the wall you can see at the back of this picture, between the houses

 

faces pretty much east

 

There's a house round the corner from where I work that has a Virginia Creeper growing over a wall very similar in height to yours. That would work - it looks brilliant in summer and autumn, but bare in winter, which is the disadvantage! However at this house it's quite an old one, so even the bare branches are interesting, as they're knarled and twisted.

Can only think of Ivy apart from that. Most other climbers would instinctively grow up and away from the wall, looking for more light. Ivy does too, but it also likes to suck tight to walls!

 

virginia creeper might work, the wall isn't attached to the house so i don't have to worry about the creeper spreading there. cheers for the idea