Hello. I live in St. Louis and have some lattice on my garage with planting boxes below and am in need of a recommendation. My wife hates the look of the empty lattice during the winter. Does a climber exist that keeps it's foliage through the winter?
Here would be my dream plant characteristics, in order of importance to me:
1) Keeps an interesting look through the winter
2) Would fill in the entire lattice
3) Perennial (i'm lazy) - not a requirement, but would be nice
4) Edible - not a requirement, but would be cool
Below is a picture of the location. I just removed the foot-long beans that i grew there this year. Like all beans that i've grown, they die off fast after creating beans. In previous years i've done cardinal climbers and moonflowers. Those were pretty but i'm wondering if there is some sort of evergreen or something that would hide the lattice all year. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
