I don't have experience with Hog Peanut, so I won't comment on that one. Trumpet Honeysuckle is a great vine for your region - probably the least aggressive spreader of the bunch, and also probably nearly evergreen, which is nice in the winter. It is a twining vine that needs something of small diameter - like a wire fence, bushes, small pole, string, etc. - to climb. It cannot climb a shed wall. Virgina Bower does tend to be aggressive, I think. I have never grown it, but see it wild frequently. In my opinion it isn't as nice a vine for the garden as Trumpet Honeysuckle. I have a ton of Virginia Creeper here, and have never heard about the berries being poisonous. I wouldn't be concerned about the berries, which are a favorite food of many birds. Virginia Creeper is a little aggressive, as are most vines. Another choice I like is trumpet creeper - Campsis radicans. This is an agressive spreader, but has very showy flowers most of the summer and fall and attracts hummingbirds, making it a really nice addition to a yard that has roon for it. If the shed is surrounded by lawn or other open space where it will be easy to contain the root suckers of Trumpet Creeper, then it sould be my first choice. Another option is Carolina jessamine,which has yellow flowers in early spring. Also Cross Vine, which is another flowering vine. Jessamine is a vigorous, evergreen vine. Cross vine tends to be a little more sparse in growth habit, but is an interesting addition to the yard.

The honeysuckle is an excellent suggestion - makes a very good privacy screen compared to Virginia creeper or trumpet vine, both of which are deciduous and naked half the year. AFA English ivy is concerned, take the comments about the invasive qualities of the previous two vines and multiply by 10. Not an option that should be considered.

My mother had this plant at her home and the suckers popped up everywhere and even came up through a freshly paved driveway. A few neighbors had them popping up in the lawns all over the place. The only way we got rid of the largest plant that had become a 6 foot high tree was to cut it down and drill holes through the trunk to create a bowl and we poured the salt that is used for snow and ice and let it soak in the truck and it slowly killed it. It's a horrible invasive plant that she not be sold at garden centres.

Hi NHBabs! Sorry for the delay but Houzz isn’t terribly user friendly. I live in 8a (Dallas, TX) and have a terrible habit of killing whatever I touch which is why I like a hardy plant like trumpet vine. I scrapped the climbing vines on our fence and potted flowers and herbs which look really pretty (also added some Koziol room dividers to break it up). To hide our neighbors corrugated metal fence (I KNOW...WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!) we are trying our hand at my favorite climbing vine, passion fruit vine. I hope it works sine the flowers are BREATHTAKING!!! Planted them on Sunday and, as much as I hate getting out my watering can, these are worth it.