jils wrote:

in three months there will be a wedding in my garden. i'd like to have a
floral arch of some sort, and someone has suggested a climbing rose, as
it grows fast and flowers all through summer/early autumn.

does anyone have any advice regarding this idea? i'd love to make a real
arch rather than a fake one, so i'm considering buying climbing roses
now and hoping they'll grow around an arch if i provide one!

am i dreaming, or is this a possibility?

thank you, garden people

You need two roses, one at each base of the arch. Unless you have
established climbers that are already sufficiently long and have
bloomed in the previous season, you are too late. To cover an arch
under which the bridal couple can walk can take 2-3 years.

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