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		<title>By: Cynthia</title>
		<link>http://awaytogarden.com/pondering-a-bout-of-mid-winter-pruning/comment-page-1#comment-14752</link>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Margaret - this is very helpful.  I look forward to visiting your garden this year!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Margaret &#8211; this is very helpful.  I look forward to visiting your garden this year!</p>
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		<title>By: Margaret</title>
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		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome, Cynthia. In case people don&#039;t know,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&amp;plant_id=867&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &#039;Clara Mack&#039; is an American wisteria, and white-flowered. &lt;/a&gt; It is said to be much less rampant than the more common Asian types (Wisteria sinessis or W. floribunda), and blooms at a younger age.

I have not grown it here, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable/handbooks/pruningtrees/6.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Brooklyn Botanic Garden says about pruning:&lt;/a&gt; &quot;it flowers on short, leafy shoots, or pedicels, that arise from buds on the previous year&#039;s wood. To encourage flowering, head back stems after blooms have faded; if necessary, head back a second time in late winter, leaving at least three or four buds. Train shoots to establish a framework or increase vine height; head back once the desired height and width have been achieved. Old plants can be renewed by severe pruning, almost to the ground.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome, Cynthia. In case people don&#8217;t know,<a href="http://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&amp;plant_id=867" rel="nofollow"> &#8216;Clara Mack&#8217; is an American wisteria, and white-flowered. </a> It is said to be much less rampant than the more common Asian types (Wisteria sinessis or W. floribunda), and blooms at a younger age.</p>
<p>I have not grown it here, but <a href="http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable/handbooks/pruningtrees/6.html" rel="nofollow">Brooklyn Botanic Garden says about pruning:</a> &#8220;it flowers on short, leafy shoots, or pedicels, that arise from buds on the previous year&#8217;s wood. To encourage flowering, head back stems after blooms have faded; if necessary, head back a second time in late winter, leaving at least three or four buds. Train shoots to establish a framework or increase vine height; head back once the desired height and width have been achieved. Old plants can be renewed by severe pruning, almost to the ground.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Cynthia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Margaret,
love, love, love your site!  
Do you have any tips on pruning wisteria?  I&#039;m in the same zone as you are and have 8 Wisteria macrostachya &quot;clara mack&quot; that I am training on a pergola.
Thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Margaret,<br />
love, love, love your site!<br />
Do you have any tips on pruning wisteria?  I&#8217;m in the same zone as you are and have 8 Wisteria macrostachya &#8220;clara mack&#8221; that I am training on a pergola.<br />
Thank you!</p>
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