Re: staking the tall ones / withes

Alyce (and thank you very much for all the information) mentions
something I have noticed:

Alyce Elliott wrote:
>snip 
> 1.  I have a few of my clematis growing on 4 x 4 posts.  This year they got
> to stretch up a bit because I looped and stapled poplar withes over the
> poles, four withes each pole.  No two withe structures look exactly the
> same, but all bear similarity to old-fashioned rug-beaters!  The clematis
> love it and even seem to grow faster, though that could be my imagination.

Does everyone agree that when you give a rose, a clematis, etc.
something to lean or climb on, they grow much faster and abundantly?

Isabelle Hayes

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