Tuteur: The French name for a three-sided, ladderlike trellis that comes to a point at the top. You can make one from twigs and twine to last a season, or you can buy a molded metal one with a fancy finial to cap it off.
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Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)on tuteur (1)
C. Evergreen clematis (Clematis armandii), on tuteur (1)
D. Annuals, selected by gardener, in 3 containers
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Pole beans, cucumbers, and winter squashes climb tuteurs. Tomatoes grow best with trellising or caging.
Many gardeners allow objects such as a copper trellis or tuteur to naturally take on a verdigris patina.
Because they provide camouflage in a couple of brief months, and because they blossom with a vigor that few vines boast, many passifloras spend summer on a porch in large containers filled with tuteurs (formal wooden trainers shaped like teepees) or ...
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