Welllll you really can't have maintenance free + vigorous enough to climb those supports (and your pergola?)

However here are a couple of suggestions to get you started E G

Full Sun- Confederate Jasmine, Lady Banks Rose, Carolina Jessemine,

Shade- Wisteria (Amethyst Falls), Chocolate Akebia, Autumn Clematis or Clematis Armandii

Great suggestions from FSN....just remember that the vines on the pergola will need pruning at least twice each year to keep them in bounds. Build the pergola so it can withstand ladders and the weight of the vines.

Good caveats about vines and pergolas. With that said, I love the native crossvine, particularly cultivars like "Tangerine Beauty."

Whatever you decide, NOT wisteria!

Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls' is the much better behaved wisteria, unlike the invasive weed Chinese Wisteria.

While 'Amethyst Falls' is the native wisteria that gets the most attention, there is another cultivar, Wisteria frutescens "Longwood Purple," which has a far richer color to my eye, and that is the one I will be looking for if I ever get a pergola built.

Another plant I will have to check out , thanks Douglas :)

Hey E G, just remember that whatever vine you choose, the posts will be hard to maintain [ie stain or paint] once the vines are established. If you are using any lattice, might want to use a vinyl type. I have a jasimen that smells wonderful, does need pruning once a year, does not have a long bloom time...I have a clematis planted with it that puts out flowers in the spring. What about some type of climbing rose guys? Add some twinkling lights...and Magic! [I'm jealous!]

There are roses like Zephirine Drouhin that is a rambler/ you can treat as a climber, it blooms in spring but then repeats in summer and even into fall. Very fragrant, no too

For the longest bloom period I would combine a rose like Zephirine Drouhin, which I also grow, with a clematis. You could pair Zephirine with a white clematis like Henryii, for example. Or, for a shades of pink combination, try the fragrant and carefree climber New Dawn with the deeper pink clematis Carnaby. The possibilities are endless

great suggestion Douglas. I grow clematis with my Zephirine Drouhin too.

I plan to add a few more this spring.

how many hours of sun E G?

Among the many attributes of Zephirine is that it will bloom in a fair amount of shade. Mine gets very little afternoon sun and does fine. Many of the white-flowering clematis will do fine a shady situation as well. You can include sweet autumn clematis in this camp, although its rampant growth can make it seem more a garden bully than friendly neighbor.