[Fleecewife]

I live in a cold windy area with frosts which come early in the autumn and late in spring.  I have some areas of stone wall to cover (around the front door mainly) with flowering climbers.  I'm a bit stuck on roses, clematis and honeysuckle so far, plants I know will thrive here.  Things like ceanothus would never survive.  I already have Virginia creeper and a huge ivy elsewhere, and anyway I want flowers.
Can you think of anything else to consider, and do you have good colour combinations and timings to try?

[Penninehillbilly]

There's a climbing hydrangea, pet- (something)?

[SallyintNorth]

Forsythia, for late winter/early spring colour?

And yes, Mum always used to have a climbing hydrangea somewhere about the garden, on a north-facing fence usually.

[Rosemary]

There's a climbing hydrangea, pet- (something)?

Hydrangea petiolaris I think. We grew this on a north facing wall in our previous home and it did fine. Really bonny lacy flowers.

[Marches Farmer]

That's the one and it works well.   Have you considered wisteria?  Ours thrives on our windy hilltop.

[Buffy the eggs layer]

Honey Suckle or a climbing rose?

[clydesdaleclopper]

If it is against the stone wall some varieties of ceanothus will survive as the wall will protect them. I have a ceanothus repens growing up in the wilds here so I'm sure you can find one. Look for varieties with smaller leaves as they are hardier.

[Fleecewife]

Climbing Hydrangea is a great idea - but for the north facing side of the house as it's too big for round the door.  I really like them, although when I tried to grow one before in sunny Norfolk I killed it dead.  I was only 15 at the time 
Forsythia is too bushy for the site, but I do have a couple in other places in the garden.
I could try a ceanothus if you think it might survive - there's a little spot around the corner from the front door which is sheltered from the howling easterlies and northerlies, although there are weird swirling air currents in that bit.
So that's 2 other bits sorted, still the front door bit to go.  I forgot to mention it's south facing, but exposed to the easterlies.

There's not room for a wisteria unfortunately.  One of my DiLs grows one, and a ceanothus, on the east coast at Dunbar, in one of the most sheltered gardens in Scotland and she has great success with them - although she accidentally planted a white wisteria instead of a blue, so after several years of waiting, she was seriously disappointed 

I expect it will end up being roses and clematis growing through eachother. It's worked well in other parts of the walls, where I also have loads of honeysuckle, which smells gorgeous.
Any hints for clematis and roses combinations which look good together against stonework?

[clydesdaleclopper]

How big a space is it? Could you fan train a fruit tree or even have a cordon trained up the wall. That way you could pick something yummy on your way in   

[waterbuffalofarmer]

You could also try annuals like nasturtiums, they sometimes leave seeds in the walls and carry on growing year after year, plus the flowers are edible in salads

[Rosemary]

Any hints for clematis and roses combinations which look good together against stonework?

One of the prettiest roses we've ever had was "Blush Noisette"; saw it at Geoff Hamilton's and planted it against the wall at Longcarse. Dan's folks have three along the front of their house. http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/blush-noisette

[cas]

Solanum (potato vine) is a great plant for a wall - it grows like mad and has clusters of purple flowers (like potato flowers really).

[Penninehillbilly]

Does it have to be  a woody climber? How about an attractive trellis and grow sweet peas, eccremacarpus (?), etc. for summer?
Cotoneaster horizontalis would grow high(ish) when trained against a wall?

[devonlady]

Where we lived before I planted the climbing rose "Zephrine Drouen" ( said to be the sweetest smelling rose ever-and it's thornless) on one side of the front door and a winter flowering honeysuckle on the other.

[Carse Goodlifers]

What about a Jasmine?