RE: pruning trumpet vine?

Campsis radicans blooms on new wood, so you can prune it after bloom and any
time up until new growth starts in the spring.  After that point, you risk
taking out flower buds.

I wouldn't recommend early fall trimming - winter damage for tender growth.
To be honest, the only year the monster next door did not bloom is when our
then-neighbor tried to kill it in June.

 Barb in Southern Indiana  Zone 5/6  dorsett@blueriver.net
    A root is a flower that disdains fame.

> Susan, the first time I worked on the Master Gardener hot line, someone
> called with the same question.  Not knowing much about trumpet vines, I
> asked one of the old timers.  He replied, "Any way you want."
> Laura
> Cleveland, 6a
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Campanini" <campanin@ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu>
> To: "'perennials'" <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:24 AM
> Subject: pruning trumpet vine?
>
>
> > I have a two trumpet vines (Campsis), a yellow and an orange, on two
> > sides of a tall redwood treillis in full to partial sun.  They were
> planted
> > about three years ago, and this year they have taken off and are growing
> > like crazy and even blooming a bit. My question is when it is okay to
> prune
> > them. I don't want to cut off next year's blooms, but I do want to keep
> them
> > from becoming too large for their treillis.  Any suggestions?
> >
> > Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
> >
> >
> >
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