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What type of trellis are you using to support this rose? It looks GORGEOUS! I like how you don't see any trellis at all, it makes me wonder what your method is as I would like to achieve the same affect in a similar area to yours.
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Thank you, Dinglehopper. Here's what we did:
1. Sunk two cedar posts (old, dead cedar trees, honestly) beside the base of each rose (2).
2. Attached (screwed) brackets to the trim near the top of the posts.
3. Ran another, very slender, cedar post through the bracket and then wired everything (tall vertical post, slender horizontal post, bracket) at the corners tight with a heavy durable wire.
4. Another horizontal cedar post was attached to the vertical posts a little more than halfway up, at the base of the windows, with a concoction of screws and wires.
5. Chicken wire, about 18" tall, was attached to the second horizontal cedar post and the two verticals, again with screws and wire.
It may not last forever but it is holding up very well. It was inexpensive and has worked perfectly for the long laterals my The Pilgrim is always growing. That rose takes a lot of tie-ing in, wrapping, and weaving!
I will try to attach a picture of the bare trellis to this comment.
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