Can't beat Confederate Jasmine. Deep evergreen color and wonderful fragrance.

I bought Carolina Jessamine last spring to grow across the backside of my shed. It has sat there all summer, but has started really climbing the past couple of weeks.

The native Wisteria "Amethyst Falls" is also nice. It is much less aggressive than the Asian variety.

I would suggest Sweet Autumn Clematis.

While Sweet Autumn Clematis is really pretty, I was told my a local that it is also really invasive here. Went ahead with the Confederate Jasmine idea. I'm slightly suspicious I'm allergic to it, but we'll see what happens. There's always someone to take in a plant.

Thanks for the suggestions. My husband and I still shudder at the thought of ANY kind of Wisteria, tho. We lived in a 100 year old house until a couple years ago. About 20 years back I let my mom talk me into allowing a Wisteria vine stay on the fence row behind the house. By the time we moved, almost 20 years later, it had spread like 100+ feet in 3 different directions! That was an unwinnable battle I was happy to walk away from! hahaha

black- eyed susan vine did well for me on a trellis about 6 ft. tall. It got very full, but not really tall. It blooms all season, & I think it comes in 2 or 3 different colors(I started mine from seed)

I love the Confederate jasmine but it really can grow from 20-30 feet so you'll have to prune a lot to keep it in bounds. If this doesn't work out for you then maybe you could try a clematis that is short. Check out gardenvines.com.

Thanks for the info amyta. I went with the confederate jasmine idea....even tho I think I'm likely allergic to it. love the foliage and it seems to be doing well thus far. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. With a small yard, I'm hoping to do a lot of vertical growing.