If you've got little ones, be careful of honeysuckle. I remember as kids we used to love pulling the flowers and sucking them for the honeysuckle juice. But too much is minimally poisonous causing vomiting, diarrhoea and can make you very lethargic.
I got a gooseberry plant for my horrible grey back wall and within a few years it had really spread out. Just cut back any shoots that grow out away from the wall and train the other branches against the wall.
I've also done the same with rosemary plants, though after a few years these need support as the branches get quite thick.
Am currently trying the same thing with raspberry plants and it's going fairly well.
I should say though, that the only one of these that stays green overwinter is the rosemary
Lisa
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