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Re: wisteria

My Wisteria florabunda  finally bloomed this year, so I can die a happy
man.  I have been waiting for over 7 years from the time I planted it, and
I suspect that the plant that I received mail-order was at least 3 years
old.

Wisteria have the reputation of being "shy bloomers", at least at first.
Many nurseries claim to sell grafted varieties from "known bloomers".  I
have another W. floribunda that I ordered 6-7 years ago from Wayside
Gardens with this "known bloomer" claim, and I'm still waiting for it to
bloom.  With regard to wisteria from seed, I've heard the same stories
that, well, not that they won't bloom, but that they can take even longer
to put forth, so to speak.   Also plentiful are the suggestions to coax a
reluctant plant into blooming - root pruning, scoring of the bark, etc. -
something the plant perceives as stressful.  Last year, in desperation, I
took a rubber mallet to the trunks of my wisterias and let have it, being
careful, however, not to completely sever the bark.  So because of, or
inspite of my mayhem to my plants, one of them put out a whole 2 flower
heads.  I have hopes that this is a forerunner of things to come, but with
wisteria, I'll believe it when I see it!

Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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