Looks like hers is a climbing hydrangea, which I think you could do there.

My favorite vine, one that is pretty much perfect, is Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens. I think it’d do great there, and Hummers love it.

Thanks Jinx. Hers is jasmine. I didn't think about honeysuckle! I had a pink lemonade honeysuckle at one time. I'll take a look at your suggestion. I love using plants the hummers come to. We don't even have to put out feeders anymore, they come for the plants. :)

Virtually any perennial climber will swamp that trellising in no time! Honeysuckles definitely grow too rampantly to be confined to that small space but you might be able to find some clematis that will stay small enough to work. A number of annual vines will work as well.

Climbing hydrangea will most certainly not work! First, it is almost impossible to grow on any sort of trellising - it needs a wide and preferably rough surface for its adventitious roots to attach to, which is how it climbs and supports itself. It is also a massively large vine in time, easily growing to 60' or more and gets very heavy!

Something annual like Cobaea scandens, Ipomoea quamoclit, Thunbergia alata or runner beans would probably work. Any perennial will require a lot of pruning and training to keep it on the wires and you’ll lose the battle eventually.

I love espelier (not sure I spelled that correctly!) I‘ve seen it done here with ivy, but of course it needs to be pruned regularly. I have jasmine growing on a wall mounted trellis and on an arched trellis over the walkway on the side of our house. It is a perennial here, and gets enormous, plus it secretes this sticky stuff when you cut it. I think it would be a challenge trying to get it to grow in a pattern like that, although if you have to replant it each year, maybe you’d need less pruning.

I think ivy would be nice bc it would look striking all year. I’m not a fan of tropical vines bc they don’t look right in my location, but ymmv!

Sweet Autumn Clematis gets full very fast - much more than other clematis and is covered in creamy white flowers in early fall.

@floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK as I mentioned in my post, i am looking for perennial. I'm willing to prune. @nini804 Thanks! I couldn't think of what it was called LOL. I can always go with ivy. I wish I could do Jasmine. That is what was done in the picture I shared. She actually has two of those at the front of her house. On either side of a window, I believe. I don't think I want to replant each year and I'm willing to prune.

Tina, I can't help but I do have a question. How big is the pot you put the mandevilla in, and how much sun does it get? Morning, afternoon, or all day sun? Oh, didn't you say they grow better in the ground? I think that's why mine was super slow to bloorm.

What GG said. Most perennial climbers will eventually turn into overwhelming beasts. Something native is wild clematis, but that is a general term. What is commonly called "Virgin's bower" (Clematis virginiana) is good, but it can be confused with the Asian "Sweet Autumn Clematis" which also has white flowers, scientific name Clematis terniflora. It is quite aggressive.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/clematis-virginiana-virgins-bower-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Not sure what species would be available in your area, but some are much less aggressive. They like shaded roots too, so if i wanted a perennial vine to grow like that, behind some shrubs, clematis would be one of my top contenders. Here's a link to some of the cultivars with demure personalities.

https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/pdfs/Clematis_TAG_JA14.pdf

Wild native honeysuckle is also less of a clawing climber. Lonicera sempervirens is the most common example, called "Coral honeysuckle."

Armandi Clematis

ALL the clematis listed so far will grow far too large to be accommodated by that trellising!! C. virginiana, armandii and SAC are BIG, very robust vines, easily growing 20' or more in a single season. I'd look for one of the hybrids or what are often referred to as 'patio clematis' that only grow to 6-10 feet. At Clematis on the Web, you can input size, flowering time, color, etc. into their searchable data base.

I have a meticulous neighbor who does trellis stuff with Lady Banks rose but that is probably climate dependent. (And gardener dependent. I apparently have the same plant growing feral on top of my 15 ft rogue ivy hedge and I don't even know where the base of the rose is...)

@Fori a climibing rose will be too heavy for this, but Lady Banks grows well here.

Thank you for the responses, but I do NOT want clematis (as I have several) or annual vines. I have had honeysuckle, but as I remember the base got quite thick and I think I need something a bit more delicate than that. @Jilly I usually add some varigated ivy to my large porch planter - that's a good idea.

I have never planted a mandevilla in the ground, that most have been someone else @Oakley. My pot is very large - like for a small tree. It's glazed ceramic. I do not use plastic pots anywhere outside. My mandevilla gets the hottest afternoon sun and does great. I have an antique metal obelisk in the pot. However, it is rusty and we are going to have to do something as the rust leaches out in the soil and drains out on the patio. A pain to clean.

I had this done on the back of our house with 4 or 5 Jasmine vines. Looks pretty against the stone. Problems - 1) So tall I need a ladder, and the ground below is not level. 2)I was told it would stay green year round. It didn't. Last spring/summer, never started sending out new shoots until end of summer. This year, it's already coming out. 3) It is not as formal as I had wanted since it is too tall to reach when standing. But it is nicely sized to the wall.

ETA photo. End of first season? Plants were taller than I would have purchased (did not DIY), as I would have liked it to start lower to the ground.

Allison — so beautiful! And cute little photobomber. :)

Maybe a perennial sweet pea vine (lathyrus latifolius). It generally stays in the 6-8 foot range. It can take a while to start flowering if started from seed, but may be a good candidate for that spot.

Tish, Sweet pea's don't like summer heat. :(

Tina, have you grown a Black Eye'd Susan vine? I did one year in a clay pot with a little trellis and it did great. They're perennials in hot climates.

Mine didn't get as thick as in the picture below, but it's easy to trim unwanted shoots.

And don't forget Morning Glory. Plant them once and you'll have them for the rest of your life. lol.

Oakley, perennial sweat pea vine can take some heat. Zone 7 is probably the limit for it and it is not fragrant like the annual, but it is a smaller vine that is well behaved size wise and perennial.

Morning glories don’t often come back here. No black eyed Susan’s for me. Pink, white and purple/blue is my color scheme outside.

GG obviously you have more of a green thumb with clematis than I do. I wish I could get them to survive long term, let alone become "too large" for their spots.

Tish, I'd love to grow some but it gets very hot here, z7. Too hot for humans. :)

Tina, you could try the Blushing Susie Black-Eyed-Susan.

Gardengal is in the Pacific Northwest and I think things grow a lot bigger there than they would here or in Tina's area, Tennessee.

Morning glories prolifically reseed and are hard to get rid of once planted.

The 3 clematis mentioned grow very large regardless of where they are grown!! Check with MOBOT. They even tend to be on the conservative side as they are typically stating for growth in the St, Louis, MO area. Regardless of where in the US they may be planted, any of those three (except armandii which has limited hardiness) will easily and rapidly exceed the space afforded by that dinky trellising system.

Thanks ladies. I am not going to plant any more clematis (on a dinky trellis or otherwise lol). Bumble, I have planted morning glories several times and they have never come back. i love them and have also done the night blooming variety. Moonflowers ?

Has Passiflora been mentioned? I love the flowers on them!

https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/vines/scientific-name/passion-flower-maypop/

I love Moon flowers and morning glories planted together

@Jilly I love passion flower! I tried them once, but they didn't do so well. I think I would rather have something with small flowers. I'm leaning to the ivy, if I do the project. @Bumblebeez SC Zone 7 that is what I did moonflowers and blue morning glories. I think I am going to order seeds. I was reading on the Burpee site and they are annuals in my zone (perennial in zones 9 +) and probably why mine haven't re-seeded in the past is because we pull the vines down once they start looking bad (dead). ??? Which is fine. I would rather re-plant and control them. I'm going to do these in another area, not the espalier project spot.

I think TM has pretty much stated she doesn't want clematis. Not sure why we are beating that dead horse.

Do you absolutely need something with showy white flowers? You could always attach some strategically placed white metal do dads in lieu of flowers . . .

Haha Pink! my first choice would be jasmine with small flowers (not large showy) but it’s an annual here. So if I proceed with this project, probably ivy. Thanks for your input!

If you plant a small leaved ivy, you could easily plant some annual climbers to intertwine with flowers for the season, then back to the green ivy for the winter months.

I was thinking something like this . . . Cherry blossom string lights