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ORNAMENTAL VINES
Whether they climb, creep, cling, twine, or flop and
scramble, vines have one thing in common: given fa-
vorable conditions they grow like crazy. Pruning vines
is largely a matter of keeping them in bounds, and that
is best done by controlling growth from the day you
plant a vine.
When planting, select several of the strongest shoots
and prune them back to half their length to encourage
more new shoots to grow from the base.
As a vine grows, keep it in check. If you want it to be
compact, continually prune terminal growth during
the growing season. If you want it to ramble, cut to the
base all but three or four of the strongest shoots. Be
sure to prune to let light reach the base of the vine or
it will become bushy on top and bare below.
Most flowering vines bloom on wood formed the previ-
ous year, so try to avoid drastic pruning in early spring
or you will remove the flower buds. On the other hand,
all drastic pruning of vines should be done when the
plants are dormant.
When planting a vine, prune about half the strongest shoots to half
their original length. This will encourage growth at the bottom of the
vine as well as above.