Re: Hope for Wisteriaphiles
- Subject: Re: Hope for Wisteriaphiles
- From: L* J*
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 22:08:53 -0500
Congrats, It was OBVIOUSLY well worth the wait!
Lynn
At 02:00 PM 5/23/02, you wrote:
>A common question often asked in woody plant forums is how to coax a
>wisteria into bloom. Despite having actually seen some blooming in 2
>gallon pots in the nursery and promises from mail order nurseries that
>their plants are vegetatively propagated from "known early
>bloomers", both of my Wisteria floribunda are taking their good natured
>time to flower.
>
>I root pruned.
>I gave yearly doses of high phosphorus fertilizer.
>I trimmed all branches back to 3 lateral buds.
>I slit the trunk in a spiral fashion (spiral girdling) to stress them.
>I took a rubber mallet and whacked the bejesus out of the trunk.
>I pleaded.
>I cursed.
>
>So now, finally, because or in spite of all of the above, I finally have
>been rewarded by one of them.
>
>http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/wisteria.jpg
>
>The other plant (a pink) remains a floral virgin, but it is a younger
>plant and perhaps if I heap additional abuse and threats, it, too, will flower.
>
>--
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>l*@wi.rr.com
>
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