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Re: wisteria



Don Martinson wrote:

> 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

  Ok, how long does it take for a Campsis radicans to bloom once you have put
one in that you got from a mail order nursery? I have watched mine grow toward
the top of the trellis (where the sun is) but so far no blooms & this has been
about 3 years now.  Thanks, Judy Showers (http://www.epix.net/~jshowers)
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