Keep your climbers looking their best with a little support and regular tying in.
How to tie back and train climbing plants
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Climbing plants brighten walls, fences and other structures. Tie in stems regularly to spread them evenly across the support and keep them from tangling.
Fan out the shoots. Guide flexible stems into a fan shape. Where the plant suits it, training them nearly horizontally encourages flowering shoots. Lower stems gently without forcing a sharp bend.
Use a soft figure-of-eight tie. Loop the tie around the stem and the support so they don’t rub together. Tie the knot against the support and leave room for the stem to grow.
Give clematis something to grip. Its slender stems can break in the wind, which can cause wilting. Fine trellis or netting gives its leaf stalks plenty of points to grip.
