You could use either of these vines and they would do well with a little help from you to help them climb. I have both on a wooden fence, but I used lattice behind them to give them support. The cross vine is an evergreen - the clematis is not, if this will help with your decision.
Good luck.

Native Coral Honeysuckle would work too. They have it in red or yellow.Mine in FW was evergreen.PJ

I second the recommendation for native coral honeysuckle (not the Japanese crap that should be banned). It is the finest, most well mannered vine I've ever grown. It's actually a "leaning" plant that must be tied to the fence until it is more mature, then it'll stay there on its own. I dug up my crossvine three years ago because it became monstrous in size and kept grabbing onto the nearby crape myrtle trees and hollies. It was difficult to get out of those other plants. By the way, I'm still fighting the roots of the crossvine three years after digging it up ... they sucker from the severed roots all year long.

Randy

I am trying to grow two crossvines against a brick wall. Do I need to put a trellis behind them so they will climb, or are they self-vining? If not self-vining, how do I attach the trellis to the brick wall? Screws into the brick or the motor between bricks? Thanks

Crossvine will attach itself to the brick wall too. I would be a bit worried about it if it is a house wall. Could damage your mortar and possibly the brick too.

Here is what I have on it from a print out from some website

"Crossvine - Found in woods and creek bottoms. The tendrils will cling to stones & fences so it doesn't have to have a trellis. The blooming is timed with the arrival of the hummingbirds. The vine is very aggressive so prune annually."

Stiches216 and lyfia,

Thanks for the information.

If you don't use a trellis and need to replace the fence in a few years won't you damage a lot of the vine trying to remove it from the fence?

I can show you a cross vine that completely covers a house, not far from where we live.

I am not exaggerating one bit, not kidding either!

This vine covers the whole roof, and drips down the side of the house, then roots and is off again. It has covered the fence, and anything else that doesn't move.

The neighbors have a "Round Up" sprayer on their front porch. lol

Janie

I did a lot of homework before I ran a crossvine up the side of my house - Crossvine attaches to the vertical surface using "sticky" tendrils - it does not infiltrate the brick or mortar the way some other vines can - so it is safe on a house. Having pulled it back several times, I can vouch that it is non-damaging. It does need a little support to start up the surface - I used mortar nails about 3 foot apart in a tic-tac-toe layout, and stretched garden wire between the nails. After a year, it supported itself, and spread with the "stickies". Honestly, you don't damage it that much pulling away from a surface. It is very forgiving.

Terry