I planted Ivy along my 8' tall fence, spaced about 6" apart. Within a couple of months the fence could not be seen, just a wall of Ivy. To bring some color into it I planted some Clematis and Honeysuckle here and there.

"I want to cut my hedges, and someone told me if I cut and shape them while its cold will stop them from growing back so they will stay trim and I won't have to worry about cuting them again is this true?"
No. They will only stop growing in winter. Once the warmer spring weather arrives they will start growing again.

Some fast growing hedges that flower:

• Amelanchier lamarckii, you can use it for a hedge for large gardens, flowers are white in the springtime.
• Berberis vulgaris, flowers light yellow.
• Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood' or 'Spectabilis', gives yellow flowers in the springtime.
• Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken' or 'Rotundifolia', flowers white in the springtime.
• Spiraea x vanhouttei, it gives white flowers in early summer.

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