CLIMBING PLANTS
FOR COVERING PURPOSES
Climbers are most useful for covering fences, sheds, arches, or pergolas, but a considerable amount of attention is required if they are to prove satisfactory. A systematic thinning out of surplus growth should be adapted every season to obtain the t>esl results in the way of blossoms. If unattended they soon form a thick tangle of wood and many shoots are produced that, failing to get sufficient sunlight, die off and form dead wood. This goes on from year to year and the tangle gets thicker,' and falling leaves lodge between, which, in decaying, form, harbours for many obnoxious pests and look very xmsightly. In extreme cases where the plants have been neglected for years it may be necessary' to a cu.t the whole plant right down, to tlio ground and start off again with new growth. One o£ the most important things in growing climbers is to keep the young growths tied in and to cut away each. season a certain amount' of the old wood. By following this course'the unmanageable tangle which results from neglect will be- avoided and sufficient' healthy young growth will always be available for furnishing the space to be covered.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 126, 24 November 1932, Page 21
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201CLIMBING PLANTS Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 126, 24 November 1932, Page 21
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