By Noeticblues
CT, Zone 5,
United States 
I'm looking for very quick growing climber to cover a bare wall of a house I'm trying to sell. It is very sunny, windy, zone 5, good drainage. I don't care if it has flowers, but the prettier the better and I'm trying to avoid kudzu.
1 Apr, 2010
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you could grow some hanging baskets untill they grow
1 Apr, 2010
Russian Vine mixed with Virginia Creeper.
Will cover a wall very very quickly, looks nice, autumn colours. Maybe 5 meters (18ft) a year.
Several of the Clematis family also grow quickly and look nice spring to winter.
Montana is ideal.
Another creeper is Akebia quinata , very nice flowers and quick
Depends on height of wall you are covering really. Plenty of simple annuals to get up to 10ft. Sweet Peas, Black Eyed Susan etc.
2 Apr, 2010
Warning re Russian Vine in particular - it is fast growing, does grow 18 feet a year - every year, that is, it just keeps going...
2 Apr, 2010
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I'd be inclined to use an annual climber, something like Tropaleum peregrinum or Eccremocarpus scaber - these both grow quickly and will flower all summer and can be grown simply from seed. Permanent fast growing climbers usually get too large and go for miles.
1 Apr, 2010