Climbing St Joseph's Coat help
We've got a SJC climber in the backyard, in full sun, Central Texas. It was a bare-root when I got it from Jackson Perkins. I put it in the ground a year ago and it went crazy. I tried to keep it to a trellis but didn't really know what I was doing.
Still don't!
I had read not to cut it back for a couple years, but I did this past winter. I just watched a video on how to prune these, and to get the plant down to the main canes that can be trained horizontally, then the flowering chutes come of of those, vertically. This is not what I have!
Honestly, my biggest confusion is which canes are the main canes, and which ones I should trim.
Right now all of the canes coming off the bulb are kinda short, then branches come out of those. Not sure if that's considered a main cane. Of all the longer canes this plant has ever had, it basically had no offshootes till about 3-4 feet up, so lots of bare cane.
Basically, I need some help with what canes I need to trim now. Some canes are growing away from the house, so I'm assuming those need to go?
I'm also worried that I may have cut some main canes too short this winter, so I only have branches from the main canes to work with.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Also, my trellis system is in disarray, as I dismantled it over the winter, so advice on a new/better/affordable option one is appreciated too!
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Comments (3)It's been a few years since I grew Joseph's Coat (it was great!), but I seem to recall it had moderately stiff canes. I grew mine against a fence, which was easier. But it should be able to grow on an arbor, too. The thing to do with climbers it to tie the canes against their support when they're brand new; that's when they're most pliable. Remember, too, that climbers bloom more from canes that are horizontal, so expect to see more blooms once the plant has reached the top of the arbor. If it's happy where it's planted, that should be by the second season. As for the cutting back question, this isn't universal, but MOST climbers bloom primarily on laterals growing from 2nd year canes, so the first year you see only a few blooms from the end of new canes. The way to prune for a more vibrant climber is to cut out older woody canes and leave long canes that have grown the past season. That way the plant's energy can focus on the "productive" canes. So think "thinning" rather than "shortening" when pruning a climber. I hope that's helpful. Mike...See MoreTell me about Joseph's Coat and Pinata
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5 years agoOne more , and I think an important one, you can see how the biggest, thickest, longest one is farthest away from the house, and growing that way, and how the main one on the side are short, and looks like they're only option is branching.
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