Home gardeners and landscape designers love arched trellises for their sculptural silhouettes and utilitarian forms.
Some act as freestanding vertical constructions oras arbor gates.
Whether it’s practical or decorative, an arched trellis should complement your home’s architecture and setting.
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These ideas can add beautiful structure and height to your garden, backyard, walkway, and more.
Divide your garden with an arched trellis.
Arched trellises provide a way to emphasize different sections of your garden.
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Match the designto the surrounding fenceto create a cohesive look.
Create a DIY trellis arch using an old window frame.
Repurpose architectural salvageto craft your own arched trellis.
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This wall-mounted structure was built using an old window frame with an arched transom.
Securing the trellis to the wall brings the rich green foliage into beautiful contrast with the dark red brick.
Spotlight a view with an arched trellis.
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Sightlines matter when you’re placing an arched trellis into your landscape, so consider the location carefully.
Repeat arched shapes throughout your landscaping.
This pair of arched garden trellises echoes the shape and details of a gate.
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Showcased against brick walls painted blue, the decorative trellises offer plenty of cottage style.
The design combines weighty wooden posts topped in finial-style caps with broad frames and handcrafted latticework.
The one-of-a-kind structure showcases classic forms.
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Group arched trellises together.
This elegant quartet of trellises matches the formality of an English rose garden.
The interconnected white arches stand out from a wall of greenery.
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The soft curves and colorful blooms balance the straight lines of the clipped boxwoods enclosing the border.
Cover an arched trellis with roses.
Arose-covered trellis archwayinvites visitors to enter and admire a series of Mediterranean plantings.
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The curving pathway, the arch, and far-off mountain peaks form a serene composition of bowed shapes.
Roses with thick canes and white blossoms play up the shape of the arched trellis.
Size an arch trellis to a walkway.
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Thissubstantial garden structureperfectly fits its setting.
The unfinished wood will weather naturally and further blend into the landscape.
Meanwhile, thevines it supportswill become more established with time and put forth luxuriant layers of leaves and blossoms.
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Keep a wrought-iron trellis arch bare.
Good-looking arched trellises make a strong statement, even when they’re not covered in foliage or flowers.
The simple, yet striking, silhouette offers a pleasing contrast to the lushly planted surroundings.
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Coordinate an arch trellis with your exterior color scheme.
White, black, and brown aren’t the only options for the color of an arched trellis.
This one carries theturquoise color of the home’s front doorout to the front walkway.
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Borrow arched trellis ideas from nature.
Wild landscapes call for a rough-hewn arched trellisbuilt from natural materials.
In this garden, curly willow branches and hefty timbers form a fence that terminates in an unexpected archway.
Look closely, and you’ll note that the foundation consists of trees on either sideof a flagstone path.
The trees' upper branches weave together to form the arch, which supports a thriving, leafy vine.
A gate hinged to one of the trees echoes the fence’s organic look.
Greet guests with an arched arbor trellis.
The sturdy design and lattice details suit both thehome’s historic architectureandcottage-style gardens.
The mini arbor is a featured element of a picket fence and colorful perennial borders.
Old-fashioned roses scramble up and over the trellis to accentuate its silhouette and bring cheery pink blooms overhead.
Create a tunnel of arched metal trellises.
Arched trellises connected within a metal framework create a tunnel that guides visitors from one area to the next.
The striking construction frames a foliage-lined gravel walkway leading to a stone-walled outdoor room.
