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unique trellis for plants H Potter Trellis Set of 2 – Large Gothic Black Garden TrellisesPremium Garden Trellises Built for Real Outdoor Conditions This H Potter set of 2 large Gothic garden trellises is designed for gardeners and homeowners who want strong vertical structure, elegant symmetry, and durable climbing support in outdoor spaces. With their tall pointed arch design and black powder coated finish, these trellises bring architectural presence whether used with plants or displayed as decorative garden accents. Each trellis
Premium Garden Trellises — Built for Real Outdoor Conditions
This H Potter set of 2 large Gothic garden trellises is designed for gardeners and homeowners who want strong vertical structure, elegant symmetry, and durable climbing support in outdoor spaces. With their tall pointed arch design and black powder-coated finish, these trellises bring architectural presence whether used with plants or displayed as decorative garden accents.
Each trellis measures 32 inches wide by 73 inches tall and includes 13-inch ground stakes for freestanding use. Style them as a matched pair at an entry, patio, or walkway, use them to create a wider privacy screen, or mount them to a wall or fence with optional GAR678 wall brackets.
Why trust H Potter: Since 1997, H Potter has designed premium garden products built for real outdoor conditions—crafted to look refined, perform season after season, and supported by responsive customer care.
At a Glance
Product Details
- Quantity: Set of 2 trellises
- Height per trellis: 73"
- Width per trellis: 32"
- Outer frame: 3/4" square metal tube
- Inner material: 6mm square bar
- Ground stakes: 13" metal spikes included
- Finish: Black powder-coated finish
- Assembly: Some assembly required
Best For
- Symmetrical entryways and patio styling
- Climbing roses, clematis, jasmine, and honeysuckle
- Garden privacy screening and wider visual coverage
- Freestanding placement or wall-mounted trellis styling
- Customers who want a coordinated pair rather than a single panel
Design note: A set of 2 creates a stronger finished look than a single trellis and works especially well where symmetry, width, or layered privacy matters.
Why You’ll Love This Set of 2 Gothic Trellises
- Matched pair for a finished look: Ideal for flanking entryways, gates, pathways, large planters, or patio spaces with balanced vertical structure.
- Distinct Gothic silhouette: The pointed arch shape adds classic architectural character and height to the garden.
- Built for climbing plants: Strong iron construction provides dependable support for flowering vines and mature climbers.
- Freestanding or wall-mounted: Use the included ground stakes for garden installation or add optional GAR678 brackets for wall use.
- Black finish for year-round appeal: The weather-resistant black powder coat looks striking in every season, even without plants.
Dimensions & Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| SKU | GAR686S2 |
| Quantity | 2 large trellises |
| Height per trellis | 73 inches |
| Width per trellis | 32 inches |
| Outer frame material & size | 3/4" square metal tube |
| Inner material & size | 6mm square bar |
| Ground stakes | Metal, 13" long |
| Finish | Black powder coat |
| Installation | Freestanding with ground stakes or wall-mounted with optional GAR678 brackets |
| Assembly | Some assembly required |
Placement tip: Use the pair together to create a wider visual screen, frame an entrance, or soften a fence or wall with coordinated vertical structure.
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What Can I Do With This Trellis Set?
This H Potter set of 2 Gothic trellises is especially useful for customers who want a coordinated design element rather than a single trellis. The matched pair creates symmetry, width, and a stronger architectural statement in the landscape.
- Frame an entry or gate: Use one trellis on each side for a balanced, finished look.
- Create wider screening: Place the pair in sequence to add privacy and vertical structure.
- Support climbing plants: Train roses, clematis, jasmine, or honeysuckle over both panels for a fuller garden effect.
- Use as wall art: Mount the trellises to fencing, masonry, or exterior walls with optional brackets.
Recommended Climbing Plants
This large Gothic trellis set works especially well for flowering vines and decorative climbers that benefit from vertical support and strong visual framing.
Flowering Favorites
- Climbing roses
- Clematis
- Jasmine
- Honeysuckle
Decorative Coverage
- Ivy
- Star jasmine
- Other ornamental climbers suited to your region
Training tip: Start guiding young stems early across both trellises so the pair fills in evenly and reads as a cohesive planted feature.
Trellis Guides by H Potter
Use these articles for styling ideas, trellis placement, and climbing plant inspiration:
Materials & Care
Materials: Heavy-duty metal construction with a 3/4" square outer frame and 6mm square inner bars for strength and long-term garden use.
Finish: Black powder-coated finish for weather resistance and year-round appeal.
Care tip: For added protection, apply a clear outdoor metal spray annually. If scratches occur during assembly or installation, touch up promptly to help protect exposed metal.
- Anchoring: Use the included 13" ground stakes for freestanding installation.
- Wall use: Optional GAR678 wall brackets can be used if you prefer to mount the trellises to a wall or fence.
- Assembly note: Some assembly is required. Use care during setup to protect the finish.
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Does this SKU include 2 trellises?
Yes. GAR686S2 includes 2 large Gothic trellises.
Can these trellises stand on their own?
Yes. Each trellis is designed for freestanding use with the included 13-inch ground stakes.
Can these trellises be mounted to a wall?
Yes. If you want to use them as wall art or wall trellises, add the optional GAR678 wall mounting brackets.
What plants work best on this trellis set?
This set works beautifully with climbing roses, clematis, jasmine, honeysuckle, and other flowering vines.
How large is each trellis?
Each trellis measures approximately 32 inches wide by 73 inches high.
Is there a coordinated set with mixed heights?
Yes. H Potter also offers a set of 3 that includes 1 GAR686 and 2 GAR687 trellises for a layered look.
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★★★★★ 5
Excellent resource
Format: Paperback
Two novel ideas ago, I had to put that one aside because I stuffed it to the point where the story made no sense. I intend to go back to it at some point, but for now, it's collecting dust.
Also collecting dust is my more recent idea. I started with an outline (of sorts), wrote and rewrote it a few times...only to get stuck on Chapter 8 or so. I didn't know where to take the story. This one will probably never get resurrected...but you never know.
Which leads me to one of the best things in this book: outlining with index cards. There's at least one other book touting this, but I'm sure there are others that do. What sets this one apart, in my mind, is his suggestions on how to set it up. This doesn't comprise a huge part of the book, but it made enough sense to me that I decided to give it a whirl.
Almost 50,000 words later, I'm still chugging along, taking into mind his ideas (I'd never heard it put quite this way) about doorways of no return (more on that in a moment). Sure, I've made some changes, throwing out cards, rearranging cards, adding cards. That's the beauty of this system: it's not set in granite. If your muse takes you in a way that's different from what you originally wrote, go for it!
Mr. Bell explains the doorways simply, at first, as transitions - from beginning to middle and then middle to ending. The first doorway gets your Main Character from beginning to middle; the idea is to create a scene where the MC is thrust into conflict in a way that keeps him/her there. With the second doorway (middle to ending), something has to happen to set up the final confrontation. It's usually a huge clue, a big piece of information, or a major crisis that sends the MC hurtling towards the conclusion. Mr. Bell explains these in greater detail, and I found his explanations quite understandable.
But there's more to this book than that. Mr. Bell gets into how to come up with plot ideas, character arcs, revising, plot problems and cures, scenes, and tips and tools. I wasn't bothered by his reusing some of the same good writing examples, but it may make you cringe or roll your eyes.
Other than that minor quibble, I think everything else about this book makes it shine as a writer's resource.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2006
★★★★★ 5
Most Helpful Book I've Read on Plot and Structure
Format: Paperback
This is a well-organized, easy-to-read guide to techniques used to develop plots and sound story structure. It includes 14 chapters and two appendices. They cover such topics as what a plot is, how structure holds plot together, how to get ideas, and how to handle/interweave plot into all the levels of a novel (from whole sections such as the Beginning or middle of the work, down to the micro level of individual scenes). He includes discussion of different "plotting systems" (from writing by "the seat of your pants" to types/methods of creating outlines of various levels of "thoroughness" for those interested in mild outlining to someone with full-blown OCD). It discusses complex plots and sub plots, character arcs in relation to plot, common problems and solutions, revision, and more. Every chapter ends with a few exercises to reinforce the topic covered. The two appendices are a checklist for reminding you of major plot components as you write, and how to create "back cover" (aka the blurbs on the back of your book, or the summaries on the inside flap of dust jackets).
As a writer, I am a "seat of the pants" guy, who's reluctantly recognized it isn't working for me (a major motivation for getting this book). Bell's discussion of different styles of outlining, though brief, gave me ideas of how to proceed. While I've often read books that include exercises, I confess to rarely doing them -- Bell is an exception (no, I didn't do *all* of them, but.... :) ). His text uses plenty of examples, drawn from movies and well-known novels. I've read other works on plot and structure (both general books and at least two dedicated to these topics), and have found this one to be by far the most readable, instructive, easy-to-digest, and *helpful.*
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Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017
★★★★★ 5
I have a few instructional writing books I reread; this is one of them.
Format: Paperback
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish by James Scott Bell may be the best book for plotting and creating structure in fiction stories that I’ve read.
I have a few instructional writing books I reread; this is one of them.
Plot & Structure works for writers who don’t use outlines and for those who do. Throughout Bell acknowledges and addresses how his ideas about plot and structure can be used by all writers. This isn’t a “my way or the highway” kind of book. Bell gives practical advice for all writers.
What’s so great about Plot & Structure? The biggest plus is Bell’s practical and down to earth strategies and clear explanations.
Here are the other greats:
Bell’s approach isn’t a how-to formula; it’s more of a guide. His genre is thrillers, but he addresses the needs of other genres as well as those of literary fiction.
He provides many strategies writers can use to approach plot and structure; plus, he encourages readers to find their own way of working.
The exercises at the end of the chapters are practical. If you try some of them, you’ll discover that they aren’t busywork but helpful approaches to solving writing issues.
Unless you’re a pro with so many publications behind you that you don’t need help, this isn’t a book to read once and put away. It’s a book you’ll come back to and get more out of with a second or third reading.
If you want a formula or step-by-step program, this isn’t a book for you. He gives choices so you can find you own style and way of working. Which is one of the things like I about the book. It’s like going to a writer buffet and choose the strategies that work for you.
If you are someone who writes without an outline, you are going to be surprised because Bell doesn’t leave you out of any of the equations. He has strategies for all writers.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2014
★★★★★ 5
Great advice, guidelines, and suggestions: Bell writes with a contagiously inspiring attitude
Format: Paperback
I admire good organization when it comes to most things, especially in a book that purports to teach about structure. The organization of the book makes it easy to go back and reread a part; for example, if you are working on a beginning, middle, or end section in your fictional story, there are corresponding chapters for what you need. Each chapter has ending exercises that I imagine to be helpful, but I haven't actually worked them through although I've read them.
You will read about elements that you need to know to how to do to write an appealing story, like characterization, settings, dialogue, and scene selection. It is recommended that you get a book with these elements as the main focus for a more detailed, expansive treatment (if you haven't done so already). Bell is most helpful on how to construct a scene. However, he does not have much to say about description, other than that it has a tendency to slow the plot and you should give details as needed but not more than that (on the line of a need-to-know-type of basis).
Bell also has sections on how to brainstorm plot ideas and test whether the ideas are worthy of attention. This was something I needed to do with my last story idea that burned and crashed. Furthermore he tells of "plotting systems" used by many writers, which are the-strict-only-by-the-outline group (OPs) or the free-rein-no-outline group (NOPs) and writers using a little of both.
The suggestions and tips are conveyed in a way that you can take and adapt them to your style. The chapter on common plot problems was very helpful. He even tells of how he squeezes in his writing time. Bell's way doesn't work for me, but you can take it and suit it to your own circumstances.
What I like about Bell is that he writes in a non-demeaning way to new writers. There are some writing books which take punches at new writers, be it ever so subtly or blatantly (I would rather not name any names), even though these books may contain invaluable writing advice and tools. It is just refreshing to have Bell's attitude. He motivates me to write and be true to myself, especially in his introduction. So far it is one of the books I keep going back and rereading parts that are pertinent to what I am writing.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2006
★★★★★ 5
As Much About Life As Writing
Format: Paperback
Anne Lamott is not a cheerleader, more like the Burgess Meredith with the water bottle and bucket in Rocky's corner between rounds -- I'm also guessing she wouldn't wilt if she had to slash your eye open if like Rocky it got sealed shut. She knows you are going to get hit hard, and she reminds you that you know it too. She tells you not to get distracted by that which doesn't matter to the process of writing. Much of this she learned from her father, who was also a career writer. He taught her it was the doing that mattered, not the surrounding mechanical functions that seem like they matter.
What struck me repeatedly in Lamott's mini-lessons was her deep understanding of process -- that output of a work is not so much the full work itself, but an assembly of building blocks, one at a time, each a commitment, and only in totality something more. She does not advocate bonehead process or ridiculous formulaic mandate - this is not a how-to manual -- she just wants us to care about what we are doing and accomplish it in a series of heartfelt steps. There are no shortcuts, it's a little more each day, a continuum that adds up to a satisfying and cohesive whole. This is not breakthrough thinking, but it's a lesson we need to learn over and over, and it's not just about writing. Creative process is the heart of innovation. Think of all the elements that make the iPad great. If all the elements weren't great, it would not be great. Same with a restaurant menu and wine list. Same with an office skyscraper or memorial monument. Same with a short story, same with a novel. Summary impression rests in the details, all the many tiny parts or moments -- and all those details require hard thought and careful design.
Lamott is smart about this, she tells you that getting it right is not going to happen out of the gate and unnerving strides at perfection can be your worst enemy. She has an excellent descriptor for the real quality of the first drafts to which we aspire. I'll let you discover that on your own so the word does not get scraped here. Her point is, just get the words out, work on making them better later, a layer at a time.
She also allows us not to obsess unnecessarily with locking the full road map before we explore, because again that can impede our work. How far do we need to see ahead? "About two or three feet ahead of you" is plenty she tell us, quoting E.L. Doctorow: "..writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." She says this is "right up there with the best advice about writing, or life, I have ever heard." I tend to agree.
There is tremendous empathy in Lamott's world view, she offers a sense of shared experience that is reinforcing and comforting. Lamott talks about the imaginary radio station playing in your head -- another colorful descriptor I will let you discover -- that tells us over and over again why we can't do something, why the work we are doing is neither good nor worth doing. Learning to turn off that radio is our key to moving forward, we all hear it from time to time, but when it becomes perpetual, that is when our ability to create interesting work stops completely.
Lamott is just so honest and clear about all the factors that stop us from moving forward because she not only has experienced them, she continues to experience them. She does not position herself as a guru or weekend seminar success evangelist, but simply as someone who can reflect on problems of creativity because she deals with problems of creativity endlessly in her own life. She is even more honest in telling us that no one can make these problems go away once and for all, certainly not with any form of temporal success. All we can do is know that these obstructions will always be there, so we must embrace confronting them. Sometimes it really is good to know that none of us are experiencing roadblocks on our own, the fact that someone like Lamott tells you she is experiencing what you are experiencing is precisely the empathy that builds strength and resistance because the experiences are shared, bad and good. Her humility is reinforcing and refreshing and uncompromisingly inspiring.
"Bird by Bird" is not a long book, it can be read if you wish initially in a single sitting, but it is the kind of book you will find yourself coming back to for this chapter or that, this phrase or that. Lamott writes with good humor, even when she tackles very difficult and personal matters of her own life and those around her. The more I think about her framework, the more I am convinced it is much more broadly applicable then perhaps she even considered. I see the guidance as useful in company life, in financial life, in family life, in political life, and in government life. All of these require effective process to get them right, there are no shortcuts, and the rewards can be the smallest where the challenges are the greatest. That does not mean the rewards aren't meaningful, but it is the context of those rewards and the expectations that one sets for success that truly inform us when we are steering toward a final draft.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2011