Pruning Pertrea (Sandpaper Vine)

I have some very overgrown petreas in my garden and would love to know how to successfully prune them. I had one lovely reply form Florida, but are there any more people out there who have experience with this? How hard can I prune? Is it safe to cut into old wood? Some advise is to prune lightly, others say cut hard back. I do not want to lose the plants. Any advise gratefully received.

I had not heard of that vine before .. like you said, some advise pruning lightly and some hard.

I found this article:

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/florida_gardening/19579

and this one:

http://www.krika.com/Tropical%20Garden/Montserrat%20Tropical%20Garden%20P.html

of which both recommend hard pruning. Apparently it's a very fast grower.

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If your 'handle' means you are really a Trinnie any idea where I can get seeds? Wish I was outside Smokey and Bunty's having a lovely Roti or a doubles LOL