I used Silver Lace over part of the pergola that covers a portion of my pool patio.

Pergola is about 9' tall, about 40' wide and 16' deep.

Planted two vines, one over the arched arbor that leads into the pool area. The other vine went up against the pergola. The Silver lace was to cover about half of the pergola, a few New Dawn rose climbers were to cover the other half.

Planted the vines a few years ago, they were about 5' tall when planted. The arched arbor is in the bottom left corner of the following photo. You can barely see the vine I planted against the pergola, but you can see the unweathered support pole I used to train it, it's leaning against the second pergola post from the left.

By late summer the vines were flowering and had grown over the top of the arbor and over the top of the Pergola.

Here's a photo I took today, the vine has grown about 9' vertical to the top, then the full 16' depth of the pergola:

I had this same vine when I lived in Wisconsin, on a lake about a half-hour north of MKE. Here in CT it's done well through several winters. No issues.

I've seen Silver Lace listed in some places as invasive, but it's never strayed by root, nor has it crowded out some of the other plants near it in the gardens. I think it's just a rigorous climber.

The flowers are white and somewhat delicate looking. I guess that's where the "lace" in the name comes from. The petals, when they fall, are not a nuisance. I don't consider it to be a dirty plant in terms of shedding.

It's been winter and wind hardy, and provides a nice dappled shade in the summer.