RE: Wisteria training & snags.... Need some help here...

David, it is the Japanese wisteria "amethyst blue" that I've got my eye on.
It IS a VIGOROUS grower.

One of the sights I visited said:  "Wisteria are easy to train into standard
or "tree" form. Just attach the trunk of the plant to a sturdy 5- or 6-foot
stake and trim all but the topmost branches. Prune as needed to keep the
vine in bounds. The goal is to achieve a bushy top growth that is supported
by the vine's trunk. Remove the stake once the standard is established.
Zones 4-9"

Since it should work with a sturdy 6' stake, I wasn't sure if a tree trunk
might not do something similar.  However, the diameter of the trunk of the
snag is at least 1', so I wasn't too sure whether that might not be too much
of a spiral or whether I could just train it up one side of the snag.  If
so, I might need to limit its height to just 6', but then that is just way
over my head.  (Yes, that was a short joke.) 

Blessings,

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)






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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of David Franzman
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:21 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wisteria training & snags.... Need some help here...

Bonnie, chinese or American wisteria?  Isn't it true the chinese is the 
really tenacious variety that will tear down a building?

David
http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:57 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Wisteria training & snags.... Need some help here...


> I've just found a wisteria I'd like to spend some of my Christmas money 
> on.
> Here's the thing;  I don't have a really strong support for it to climb 
> and
> the chance of getting one made before spring is unlikely with an unheated
> garage.
>
> I do have 3 snags on the front corner of the lot where our delightful
> utility company chopped on those elms until they finally died.  Since the
> Wisteria doesn't mind pruning (must have it or it will take over!) and
> cutting down the snags will take away possible homes for wildlife (even
> though they don't look very attractive) could I top off one of the snags 
> to
> 20' and plant the wisteria next to it for it to climb on?  Then when the
> snag does decompose, will the wisteria, having wound its way around the
> trunk for those years, be able to stand on its own?
>
> Please let me know what you all think.  I've got trees to replace the 
> other
> two that are low growing under-story trees and the utility will have no
> excuse to touch them!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
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