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Article: Gnarled But Lovely; Oranmental Vines Give Shelter and Fruit
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 8, 1988
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A grid of carefully trained grapevines on posts and wires and
superimposed on a hillside speaks of civilization; an arbor
structured out of 2-by-4s or iron waterpipes and festooned with
grapevines suggests hospitality. And virtually any ornamental vine,
properly pruned, adds definite character to the home landscape.
In gardens blessed with grapevines, most if not all the grape
leaves have now fallen and matted on the ground. The leaves are soft
to walk on, and it is always a surprise to discover a few mammoth
ones several times the size of the average. But even without the
canopy of leaves overhead, host and guest may still feel sheltered by
the tangle of knobby, fibrous vines, some of ...