Pruning grape vines is a midwinter job that keeps plants shapely, healthy and fruiting well. Climate change means that grape vines, once the preserve of large conservatories and warmer hemispheres, ...

Before you touch any of your grape vines, make sure you know the essential terminology. Here are the parts of the plant to add to your gardening vocabulary: Understanding these terms makes it easier ...

Here are some tips for cutting back various varieties based on whether blooms appear on new growth, old growth or both. Pay attention to where the blooms are formed on your clematis vines; that will ...

Clematis is a lovely perennial vine that climbs, grows, and can sometimes establish a permanent framework for fresh green growth. This beautiful plant lightens up the garden with large, vivid, ...

An unpruned grapevine can look like a tangled mess of random vines to those new to pruning grapes. However, grapevine pruning is actually quite straightforward, if you keep in mind a few basic ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

Vines can play an important role in Central Texas landscapes. Last week I wrote about the vines I recommend — butterfly vine, cross vine, Carolina jessamine — and vines I find hard to manage — coral ...