Chelle, that's a beautiful arbor, and so sorry about the rose that grew there. Somehow my huge Leontine Gervaise never came down with RRD, and I was extra worried about it because it would be such a massive pain to remove. Then wouldn't you know it, winter last year killed all the canes back to the ground, so I had to remove all that thorny mess anyway. It started filling the arbor again last year, but again, winter knocked it back. Again, new canes are arising from the huge, gnarly trunk. Since it is such a toss of the dice, I planted a red trumpet honeysuckle to adorn the arbor without worry, and if I see blooms on the rose again, yay! - if not, at least something is growing there. I also added an Alchemist rose in hopes it proves more cane hardy.
