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Old 10-06-2004, 02:53 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default grape vine for pergola.


In article ,
Victoria Clare writes:
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| Um, do you mean you are planning to grow a wisteria and a grape vine on the
| same pergola? If so, I think you may need to re-think, unless the pergola
| is a large one. Wisterias are very large vigorous plants, and grapes need
| plenty of sun to crop well.

However, both can be pruned to be kept within bounds.

| I'd be worried about shading out the vine with the wisteria - unless you
| have plenty of room to prune both and keep them more or less separate.

In my case, the converse is more likely - but it is Vitis coignetae
and Wisteria frutescens.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.