Re: Getting Wisteria to bloom
- Subject: Re: Getting Wisteria to bloom
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 22:18:23 EDT
In a message dated 5/1/01 3:20:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
vinatag@hotmail.com writes:
<< >I know of no controlled studies on this and my conclusion (having 2
>Wisteria florabunda myself) is that they will bloom when they are
>good and ready!
After how many years is that? I read some place that Wisterias can take
about 10 years to bloom. I wonder if that is really the case! >>
===>I've read of wisterias that have exhausted their owners' patience by
never blooming, even in 20 years, and they fell to the chain saw. The best
advice I've read is to buy a plant that you have seen bloom in the nursery
with your own eyes to be sure you've got one that will bloom. I had one for
a number of years and the root pruning didn't help, nor did the
superphosphate. I did encourage some bloom with frequent pruning, as often
as weekly when growth was very active, to create those spurs--that seems to
be where the flower buds form.
Bill Lee Z6a cincinnati
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