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I have a ten year old wisteria vine that has never bloomed, and I've tried pruning at different times of the year, fertilizing, root pruning, severe pruning and transplanting. It may just be a dud.
I transplanted it to another spot in my yard a couple of years ago. Every spring I look at the spurs hopefully. This year, I don't know whether I'm seeing something new or whether my hope simply knows no bounds, but I'm seeing some furry golden buds among the pointy leaf ones.
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Those ARE Wisteria buds. Hopefully you won't have any frost. They are very sensitive to the cold. My Daughter's vine was full of buds, but only a few survived the cold snap we had. They thrive in the sun and I've heard they do not like much fertilizer. You will get a lot of green and very few flowers. Enjoy them.
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So does anyone have any other suggestions?? I have a small pergola that needs something pretty. I already have clematis all over the place so something other than that.
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Honeysuckle? I have Lonicera Heckrotti and I just love the yellow/pink flowers - reminds me of grapefruit colors!
It smells heavenly on cloudy days, or early morning/evening and the hummingbirds love it too!
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Hyacinth Beans!!! I know some one who grows them (*Renee) and I've seen a picture of her arbor and they were BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said they grow pretty big and/or fast...
I've heard you can "whack" your plants a few times, and they are supposed to feel "threatened" and produce a flower or produce??? Never had to spank my plants before but hey, worth a try???
Weezie
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Hey Storm, how about morning glories and moonflowers? They're annuals and will bloom for a long time.
Weez- my wisteria is ten years old and I was sure it was a dud. That's why I'm so excited and protective about these first four buds. I've wadded them up in saran wrap. I hope that'll protect them from the cold snap.
My redbuds are all set to pop, too. Not much I can do to protect them. I cut some branches for indoor blooming. They look very Japanese-y Ikebana-ing here and there in the house.
The cold snap is to continuee through Tuesday, blast it!
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I can second the purple hyacinth beans, Weezie!
I've been growing them on an arbor for the past 3 years - as you said, they do grow fast, and a bonus is that hummingbirds love the flowers!
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I planted half of the seeds a few days ago, and I will plant the other half in the ground when it warms up... I split them up in case I fudged them up the first time.> I am really looking forward to them....
And it's SNOWING HERE TODAY, SUNDAY Well good insulation I'm hopin'! The temp's are too bad for freezing winds...
Keep us posted Bess!!!! Love to hear the out come!!
Weezie
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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THE WISTERIA IS BLOOMING! I never thought I'd live to see this day. But I also never gave up on the thing. Now, for the first time in ten years, my wisteria vine has five eight inch long panacles of lovely lavender and white beautifully perfumed flowers.
WOW.
Maybe it's because I moved it to a full sun area. Maybe it was the move. Maybe it was the severe pruning before the move. Maybe it was the winter pruning. Whatever it was, I hope to make it bloom again every year. I'm going to try to train it into a tree form. But right now I'll just let it be in all it's glory.
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Hi Bess, did ya happen to get my PM the other day? Lemme know, I can resend it. BTW congrats on your wisteria!!!
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bess, the wisteria is beautiful. the link only showed a red x so i changed it to a hyperlink to open the album to the wisteria picture. are the rest of the pics yours too? gorgeous
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Thanks for helping with that photo post, and for the compliments.
I wound up with five foot-long racimes. They are beginning to fade at the tops, now.
The other photos are of my garden last year, suffering through the recent drought and house addition construction. Then I put one in of the perrenial bed rennovations last month, the wisteria, and the tulips from the cheap Walmart bulbs I put in last fall.
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i also have a wisteria about 4 years. when i bought it looked like there was two plant in one pot. so i washed down the roots in luke warm water, and lucky me !two plants!! {dont think the hot house knew they were having a buy one get one free sale}!! i gave the other to my sister. anyway ive had mine for four years now, and didnt know about pruning them. when do you do it and how much? i get little buds but thats all. guess ill have to wait 3 more years for bloom?! thanks
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