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Old 16-07-2008, 10:16 PM posted to bionet.plants
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Default Direction of vine winding

Ramon E. Bisque wrote:
Began searching when I noticed that my pole beans were all climbing
clockwise and a bind weed was winding in the other direction. (West of
Denver)


Twining direction is determined by genus or species. Some plants are
consistently clock-wise climbers and others are counter-clockwise. For
fun, Google up the old Flanders and Swann song about the Honeysuckle...

Monique Reed