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Re: wisteria

Haven't  tried cuttings, but given the rapidity with which mine tries to
root at every node when it snakes a trailer along the ground, I should
think it would be relatively easy to root.  

Re: the thread about length of time to bloom.  Mine took several years as I
remember - long enough so I had a serious discussion about compost heaps
with it :-)  Seriously, though, I remember reading that woody plants need
to reach a critical mass of stem/leaf before they can bloom and it may be
that Wisteria has to reach a certain mass...mine sure did!  

Don, I should think, barring late frosts, you will begin to see more and
more blooms on your vine.  Many plants only manage a couple of flowers in
their first year of flowering.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Intergalactic Garage <igg@igg.com>
> Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 11:46 PM
> 
> 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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