Differences in using Silver fleece vine as opposed to Sweet Autumn clematis?

I have heard it is better to use the clematis as it is not as invasive and looks similar, but how true is this?



how are they different?



I think i prefer the look of the silver fleece vine more though not sure.



thanks for your answers!

Differences in using Silver fleece vine as opposed to Sweet Autumn clematis?
They are both extremely invasive. They both go to seed in the fall and the seed gets scattered everywhere. The only way you can control either of them is to make sure you cut the seed heads off as soon as they finish blooming.



Silver lace grows really fast and can cover a small shed in a single season, and is harder to control. Soon you will have a yard full of nothing but that.



Autumn clematis doesn't grow as fast, but it needs to be cut down each spring almost to the ground, and will reach the top of a fence or trellis before summer is over.



Of the two, I prefer the clematis. It smells really sweet and blooms in August-Sept., and looks wonderful with morning glories growing through it and blooming with the foamy white flowers. It looks like lace on top of my wall.
Reply:Depends on how much you have to cover , and how quickly . Also, will anything you don't want covered be within 6'-8' of it?Silver Lace Vine is faster . It blooms over a longer period . That said , I prefer Sweet Autumn clematis overall . There's a summer-blooming species,Clematis fargesoides,http://www.donahuesclematis.com/flower/F... that looks almost identical . If you plant both together, you'll have flowers from mid-June 'til November , and they don't engulf other things as voraciously as Silver Lace .

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