fast climbers/ fragrant plants

Hello to the group,
I need to "dress" very quickly a garden  trellis and I was wondering which
are, in your experience, the fastest climbers to use (sort of 6 ft in 3
months...). I would rather NOT use passifloras, for they become a real
nuisance here and it takes  ages to get rid of the saplings once they've
started. I have  sunny, half shady and shady positions to choose, and water
is not a problem. Eventually Trachelospermum jasminoides and climbing roses
will take over, but meanwhile, for this season, I need something fast.
Ipomea? 
As for fragrant plants, I noticed no one mentioned Winter sweet,
Chimonanthus fragrans. It is  a huge shrub with coarse leaves and no
elegance in shape or demeanour, but its fragrance even on a _cold_ winter
day (there used to be some once, you know...) is powerful. The yellowish
flowers (better in C.f. "Luteus") cover the bare branches starting from
December  and their scent can pervade a whole medium sized garden. Great for
bringing indoors, too. And what about silver wattle, Acacia dealbata? They
are already over here (they were all out in January!) but the scent of
"mimosas" for me has always been the first sign of spring.

Alessandra
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