Thank you. Yes, while i love the bouganvillea, it’s a bit common/predictable for Arizona, and I agree, it can grow very wild. I was thinking of possibly Star Jasmine.

Star Jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides might work. Evergreen, fragrant, thornless and easy to manage. I don't know if Combretum indicum, Pandorea jasminoides or Pyrostegia venusta would grow in your climate. I have no knowledge of your conditions but googling 'vines for arizona' turns up a lot of suggestions. Only local knowledge will tell you if they could work for you.

Is this in a morning sun only position or do you get afternoon sun? That will dictate what kind of vine will do well for you.

Mojavemaria - the arbor is facing east, and our neighbor’s house is close. We get a lot of sun in the afternoon.

Here are a few we use in Palm Springs:

Callaeum macropterum

Calystegia longipes

Mascagnia macroptera - yellow orchid vine

Mascagnia lilacina - purple orchid vine

Passiflora arizonica - native passionflower

Rosa banksiae - Lady Bank's rose (really a scrambler)

Trachelospermum jasminoides - star jasmine

Vitis - V. vinifera (but don’t expect good fruit) & various grape species

With a lot of afternoon desert sun and heat star jasmine will suffer. Lady banks rose, cats claw, honeysuckle, pyracantha, bougainvillea and lilac vine would be more sun tolerant.

Yes, but she said her arbor faces East.

Pyracantha is not a vine.

Which honeysuckle species do you find do well in the desert?