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Re: wisteria

In a similar vein, isn't wisteria easy to propagate from cuttings? Has
anyone done this? I'd appreciate some tips if you have!

Thanks

-Allan Balliett
Shepherdstown, WV


>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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