Wisteria tree vs. Wisteria vine
dionysus.god
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(week of) 4/27/09-Show me your bloomers!
Comments (18)I bought that about 8 years ago and they called it a tree wisteria. When I received it, it was about 2 feet long and didn't look like a tree to me. I found out that you have to train it to grow that way. I would think that you could train others to do the same. What you do is let 1 main branch grow, keeping it tied to a pole. I actually let two grow to about 5 or 6 feet in case 1 died or something else happened then I cut one off. They will grow more smaller limbs around the base and along the trunk and you have to keep them cut off but leave the top alone. I thought I would eventually be able to remove the pole but I don't think the trunk will ever support the top. It took about 4 years for mine to bloom. I also have a rose of sharon bush that I pruned to have 1 main trunk that's 4 feet tall and it has a 2 foot round ball at the top. I'll take a picture next time it blooms. jim...See Morewisteria or trumpet vine?
Comments (5)I wouldn't plant either, but especially not wisteria. There's a wisteria somewhere that has eaten a town, I think. And there would be no place for the blossoms to hang from anyway. I have the same situation, and I know you don't want to sacrifice your small yard to a large shrub to hide the thing. I grew honeysuckle up mine once and it grew so big it weighed down the phone and electrical lines. Then it looked like a telephone pole festooned with yellow flowers. I did what Sue recommends- I finally planted a tall shrub. Podocarpus- it hides the pole and looks lovely without electrocuting anyone. Renee...See MoreMy wisteria vine this year.
Comments (2)Wow that is gorgeous! I know many people do not like Chinese Wisteria but I love it....See Morewisteria vine just rotted at the base...why?
Comments (7)I doubt this product is available in Italy, but I'll check Internet, just in case I could get it shipped from England...For now, I'll just leave things as they are, with the two young rose plants (both of which are doing very well).The fact is, up until recently I've mostly just grown roses,and for them it is actually good to have the graft in contact with the soil, since it encourages the scion to grow it's own roots. But I see that this is NOT the case with wisteria!!!. You really wouldn't need any particular disease to cause the rotting in this case,I think. As I said before, I was a total noob when I started out with this plant. It was probably already weakened somewhat by being forced to live in terrible soil for the first few years, bounced back a bit once moved ,but could not hold on any longer once that graft union remained in contact with damp soil for a couple years. I suspect that this wouldn't have happened if I'd trained the plant in an upright position,or at least protected the union from contact with the soil in some way....See Moredionysus.god
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