Pacific Northwest Gardening: What MONEY WASTERS would you recommend others avoid?, 0 by Portland1

Portland1 wrote:
I just found this thread, and you all have me laughing. Too funny!

So now I need a recommendation, since I have no clue and don't want to be a money waster! My tiny city back garden is lush in the spring and summer but very bare in the winter. I do enjoy watching the change occur but would like to see something evergreen growing on the fence in the winter. In the summer the fence is almost invisible, but in the winter it looms large. In the summer that area is mostly shaded but in the winter gets sun - well, when the sun shows up! I envision some sort of vine - any suggestions?