A physician buries his mistakes. An architect can only plant vines. Annual vines, in particular, can provide quick cover, offer interesting flowers and fruit, provide shade, and provide a vertical element to the garden.
Most annual vines are quite durable and sun loving.
They need little care, have few insect or disease problems, and love the summer heat. Cardinal Climber, Ipomoea x multifida 'Cardinalis', has scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers that are about one inch across and appear throughout the summer until frost. Even if it never flowered, Cardinal Climber is attractive with its palm shaped leaves. Cypress vine, Ipomoea quamoclit 'Cardinalis', is a similar vine but with very fine textured lacy leaves. It grows 12 to 25 feet tall.