Our CYV wall faces north (our lanai faces south), so it doesn't get that hot and have had no problems with plants burning out.
Vines make beautiful wall coverings. In a CYV, we are allowed to paint the walls, but don't believe you can do that to your side of the wall if you're in a designer or cottage/ranch/patio villa.
I have a Carolina jasmine on one part of the wall, and 2 creeping figs further down. In one corner I have a coral honeysuckle and on the fence sides (but you could just as well do it on the wall side) I have Confederate jasmine and also a mandevilla. I love vines but it is not a good idea to put vines too close to home walls or lanai walls, although if you used a trellis near your lanai and kept it trimmed, might be ok. Would be careful which vines I would put near a lanai or home - they can ruin stucco and creek inside vinyl siding very quickly.
I have morning glories on 2 trellises that are close to my neighbor's CYV - they don't seem to be as invasive and mostly stay on the trellises. Easy to pull off or cut back, plus they die back in hard freezes, which keeps them more under control. They reseed like crazy. Going to add moonflower vine to the same trellises so I have something blooming morning and night.
Use a trellis or fishing line to get it started or train it. I have the Carolina jessamine (also called Carolina Jasmine) going up fishing line on a post, then going over on some wall art, and also trained along more fishing line horizontally.
You do have to do some serious pruning occasionally as vines go crazy here.
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