What's this?

• 17 Aug, 2009
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Can anybody please tell me what this is? We were given it as a cutting and I have seen it in many other gardens aswell, yet I have searched for it online and cannot seem to find a match anywhere.It grows quite happily in the shade in our garden, and is definatly a climbing plant. But I have also seen it crawling up steps up to front doors and in the cracks in patios etc. It has smallish purple flowers about 3cm across with 5 petals, with hairy spade shaped leaves ranging in size from 1cm to 6cm. It is so commonly spotted by myself, somebody must know what it is!