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Garden Tip #190

Growing Up: A Gardener’s Guide to Climbing Plants for the Pacific Northwest by Christine Allen. (Steller Press, 2001)

Urban gardeners need to maximize every inch of their gardens and growing vertically adds another potential place for more plants. Growing up details vines to plant season by season for a year of vertical interest, plus lists the best plants to use for a particular situation, like covering a chain link fence, or for training up a tree.