Wisteria, Hydrangea and lilac questions
okieladybug
17 years ago
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susanlynne48
17 years agolast modified: 9 years agoOkiedawn OK Zone 7
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Is wisteria Blue Moon fragrant?
Comments (13)Hi all! Hi Mike! I bought a tree form of the Asian wisteria about 4 years ago. It is in a large pot, I root prune it every other year. It is extremely fragrant, smells nice. No cat pee. I cut a few pieces off a couple of years ago and rooted them in water in the winter. They bloomed in spring. In water. I took them to PA for my best friend to plant she wanted a beast to climb about 50 ft of fence. LOL! She loves it. I can't plant my tree in the ground. I couldn't stop it from spreading, it is unreal. I still have it though, and it is doing just fine in a pot. I also bought a Blue Moon wisteria about 5 years ago from a well known online vine nursery, It is still alive, hasn't bloomed, and doesnt grow very much. If it smells like cat pee I'm throwing it in the trash. But, the Asian doesn't, in case anyone wants to know. You can keep it in a pot, just root prune it at least every other year. And remove the pot off the ground about once a month in the growing season so it doesn't root in the ground and spread that way, Or perhaps just place it on cement pavers or a patio. They are beautiful, aren't they?...See MoreWisteria Buds Breaking?
Comments (13)This has been a strange Spring. The days are warm enough to expect shrubs and perennials to be breaking dormancy, but very few are. I just made my garden tour "inspection" this afternoon and found tiny leaves swelling on my roses, lilacs, and hydrangeas, but the fruit trees are still sleeping. Half my newly planted rhododendrons and Blue Prince Holly look as if they didn't survive the winter, but my wisteria does have some swollen buds. Two of my six peonies have tiny red shoots piercing through the surface. The poison ivy, on the other hand, is bursting through the soil. April is indeed the cruelest month!...See MoreWisteria
Comments (23)If you want wisteria, make sure you buy the American wisteria (wisteria frutescens and you won't find it at the big box stores) and then treat it like planting bamboo. Plant it in a 20-24 inch heavy duty plastic pot like trees come planted in and bury the pot, leaving about 3-inches above ground. This should keep it out of your lateral lines. I've seen Chinese wisteria (wisteria chinesis) eat 4x4 porch posts. Literally squeeze them in half. In a city park in San Francisco, they have Chinese wisteria growing on an arbor that's probably 40' x 40' made out of 6-inch diameter steel pipes filled with concrete and boat anchor chain. So far, the arbor is holding its own and the wisteria is gorgeous. Personally, I would go with clematis 'jackmanii' like Suzie suggested. It's pretty aggressive as far as covering and has beautiful purple flowers. But then, I love purple hyacinth bean....it has beautiful foliage and the blooms are a bonus, reseeds itself also......oh decisions, decisions. AND YOUR MOM IS MY HERO and ROLE MODEL!! Welcome to the forum. Marcy...See MoreOT: Lilac madness
Comments (46)The lilacs are just starting at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I haven't been to see them, but my husband has. In a few days I will go to see them also. I suppose if I really wanted to see lilacs I would have to arrange a trip to Rochester, NY where they still may have some of the ones that Leonie Bell and Helen Van Pelt Wilson wrote about years ago in their book, The Fragrant Year. I always think of Leonie Bell's drawing of individual lilac blooms: Bell and Wilson recommended various early lilacs for fragrance, among them 'Claude Bernard' (now unobtainable and even then rare), 'Turgot' and 'Charles Nodine'. None of them appear to be in commerce nowadays and were rare even then. They can get quite huge. Of the classic French ones hybridized by Lemoine, they had this to say: And then the species, of which I have the fern-leaved S. laciniata (now sometimes called Syringa proto laciniata [afghanica]), which I bought based on their enticing (somewhat hyperbolic?) description. Mine is not as fragrant as promised, but it is beautiful, small growing, and doesn't get mildew in summer. They describe it as having a sweet fragrance like wisteria or daphne -- whatever. I have moved mine twice because it got too big. I don't know if it will bloom this year. Last year frost got the buds, both of mine and of the specimen at BBG.. This year we shall see. All the words on this page are about laciniata; (S. pubescens was discussed on the previous page). Finally, I have one of an early lilac at BBG from two days ago. Sorry it is kind of blurry, but I'm glad he took it since it shows the manner of growth....See Moreokieladybug
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