Re: heading back wisteria

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From: d*@seti.org

There is a chapter in Pat Welsh's beautifully written garden memoir, All My Edens, titled "The Wisteria That Wouldn't Give Up." She planted a white wisteria thinking it was purple, and she maintains that it died because she criticized it in its hearing for being white. She had a gardener remove the stump and all the roots after waiting six years in vain  for it to resprout. Nevertheless, several years later a wisteria did sprout from the spot, and this time it flourished. It was purple.

Kay

At first reafing this sounds like no less than a straight miracle, but it occurred to me to wonder if by any chance the purple had been grafted on to a white stock, which was the only one which sprouted initially. When the stump was removed MAYBE a small amount of purple tissue somehow remained behind and after enormous efforts managed to reach the surface and spring back into life.

 

Whatever; a story with happy ending!

 

Moira