UK gardening - Chinese Virginia Creeper- restraing growth of

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Chinese Virginia Creeper- restraing growth of

2007-10-20, 9:25 am

I'm wondering about growing the Chinese Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus
Henryana) on a fence that is only 6 feet high. I've read that its ultimate
height & spread would be 10m x 6m.Is it feasible to direct its growth
sideways rather than upwards and trim it back if it and where it insists on
growing above the desired height? I know climbers vary in what they'll
happily allow you to do to them and I don't want to be fighting it if this
really isn't suitable.

Any advice appreciated.
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Charlie Pridham

2007-10-20, 1:25 pm

In article <0001HW.C33FCC50000BEFFBF0284530@news.claranews.com>,
vastorex@whiskeyyahoo.co.uk says...
> I'm wondering about growing the Chinese Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus
> Henryana) on a fence that is only 6 feet high. I've read that its ultimate
> height & spread would be 10m x 6m.Is it feasible to direct its growth
> sideways rather than upwards and trim it back if it and where it insists on
> growing above the desired height? I know climbers vary in what they'll
> happily allow you to do to them and I don't want to be fighting it if this
> really isn't suitable.
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
Its very well behaved and no problem to remove unwanted stems, mine
prefers going sideways to going up.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

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