Arch coverage advice

[Bucks2015]

We moved into our new house at the end of July last year so haven’t done a lot to the garden yet. What we have done is seperated an area off for my daughter. We divided it using low trellis and an arch.

I want to get climbers up the trellis and the arch to soften it all. I’ve just seen the David Austin climbing rose (generous gardener) which looks perfect for the arch. Probably a daft question but would I need two, one either side, or just the one which would trail around? How quickly do they grow?

Any suggestions for low level trellis coverage?

One would probably be enough. You could ask on chat on the David Austin website.
We've got a similar arch with a climbing Iceberg on one side and clematis Etoile Violette on the other, planted 4 years ago and the whole arch is now covered. It needs a major pruning and training session every winter as puts on a huge amount of growth. Very thorny so can be a bit of a struggle but worth it for the lovely summer display.

Also, might be better to get a non thorny climber if your daughter will be running through the arch, could be painful!

Ah ok thanks. It said it was thornless on the website but if it’s not I’ll reconsider

If it's definitely thornless then would be ideal. My climbing iceberg is supposed to be almost thornless but I've got the scars to prove it's not!

It takes a bit of time to get the plants on a new arch established so in the mean time for this summer you might want to think about an annual climber maybe ? I did this last year with cup and saucer vine whilst I’m waiting for Zephirine Drouhin risevand Daniel Deronda clematis to do their thing.

Worked brilliantly and looked well established by the end of summer with the cup and saucer vine, it’s actually still alive but can’t quite believe it will make it right the way through. I also added some sweet peas in which worked pretty well as cup and saucer vine flowers late summer so they got going first.

I shouldn't have opened this thread, am now trying to work out how I can squeeze a Generous Gardener rose into a tiny space...maybe a very narrow high arch??

What about on one of those obelisk structures? You might need to prune it to keep in check or maybe get a similar one that is a bit smaller and you could grow a patio clematis in with it. Would you like me to shut up now for the sake of your bank balance?

If it helps Aldi do roses soon for less than a couple of pounds, some places have cheap small clematis and you could build a wigwam from sticks..

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Thanks Post, I hadn't thought about an obelisk, should work well for the space I've got .