Re: Wisteria and Trumpet Vine?
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- Subject: Re: Wisteria and Trumpet Vine?
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:19:52 -0400
Barb,
My gut feeling is to either dig it up and replant outside or wait until
spring to dig it and replant. I don't know when your ground freezes, but if
it's soon, spring would be better.
Trying to keep it in the house may hurt more than help because I doubt that
you can provide enough light for it when it starts into growth - which it
will do much earlier than you can put it outside safely. Clematis
tolerates a lot more shade than Wisteria which absolutely has to have sun
to grow well. It will grow in the shade, but it won't bloom. I suspect
lack of sufficient sun has held yours back, although the are not hugely
fast growers when very young....just wait until it matures and the opposite
obtains!
As for Campsis, Tom Clothier has made a very interesting discovery about
getting them to bloom - mean to try it on mine next year:
http://www.anet-chi.com/~manytimes/album/campsist.htm
Marge
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: WHTROS@aol.com
> Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 12:19 PM
>
> Oops, didn't mean to be misleading. It has been in the ground since I
bought
> it. I'm sure it gets too much shade so had planned to move it this fall
but
> haven't got around to it. Then thought, since I have to move it, maybe I
> could just pot it up and bring it inside for the winter.
>
> The clematis I brought inside died back and then started to grow again.
By
> the time I planted them outside, they had grown 2 - 4 ft which was quite
a
> head start. Although only one of the 3 bloomed this summer, they are
> substantially bigger than the one I planted outdoors the previous spring.
> Actually this one has grown so very little (if any) I have been thinking
> about bringing it in for the winter too.
>
> Anyway, since the 3 clematis did so well, I was hoping the Wisteria might
do
> the same.
>
> Oh, one more thing -- when do the Trumpet vines set flower? Do you think
> Super Bloom fertilizer (10-60-10) would help?
>
> Thank you for responding --
> Best Wishes --
> Barb
> USDA Zone 5, Rock Island, IL
> "What this country needs is dirtier fingernails & cleaner minds." Will
Rogers
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