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Re: wisterias

Andrew Wilson wrote:
> 
> This is the time of year for wisterias. So I was wondering if anyone can
> advise on the most reliable method of getting a wisteria to bloom without
> the leaves appearing together with flowers. Does hard pruning guarantee it?
> Does the type or species make it more likely. Is age an issue? I have tried
> many tacks on this one and have not yet found a reliable answer.
> 
> One plant I have, a Wisteria floribunda always flowers before the leaves
> show. The other, W. sinensis does not. Both are pruned annually. Both are
> in sun, both are about ten years in the ground. You might say that it is
> the different species. Yet I can point out lots of W. sinensis that flower
> magnificently before the first green shoot appears. Oh yes, both are
> purple.

Andrew

 I wonder if possibly your vines are mis-identified or even actually
hybrids. My book on climbers states categorically that W floribunda
flowers come out with the leaves and W sinenis flowers on bare stems.

Moira
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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