Re Non-flowering Wisteria,

[julia-mag]

Further to my query in January I am pleased to report for the number of people who kindly offered various aspects of information regarding the problem, that upon looking over the plant to-day I have discovered 3 6 inch long racames of flower buds. Hope this is the start of many.. but I won't be greedy, just thankful!. So we have cracked the problem, SHAME the plant into flowering.!!!!!! Only took 8 years!!

[Prudie]

Congrats i'm pleased for you, I think I contributed to that with the rice pudding suggestion but I doubt you tried that, seemed a bit mad I agree!

[AlBags]

Where is this thread?
I look after one for nearby neighbours. It is one of the oldest (if not the) in Northamptonshire. It is by the door of this old period farmhouse, and the gnarled old trunk must be about 1 1/2 - 2M around. It is up 2 stories (about 30 feet) and spread about 50feet. I must post the pics somewhere from last year. Amazing!

[Prudie]

It was 23 Jan (page 11 of my answered questions) sorry don't know how to post a link

[julia-mag]

Albags, that must be so beautiful !! What colour is it? Mine will hopefully be pink , only a baby to yours ,( about 3 inches round trunk!) , and prudie, I must confess, it wasn't subjected to my offering of a rice pudding, just more than a few choice words muttered everytime I passed by!! Am now very apologetic!!

[AlBags]

Yes .. ok Prudie .. will look. Thanks : )

Blue, JM .. It's just starting to flower now. I think the cold bout has slowed it a bit tho.
Must open a new Photobucket a.c. Then I can upload and provide link to pics. : )

[AlBags]

Thanks Prudie ... found it.
Your garden smell of Ambrosia Creamed Rice, then!?

[Prudie]

Well no it was my mother who did it in her own garden and it was home-made of course! It worked by the way, flowered for the first time that year,

[AlBags]

You wait til you see the Wisteria pics from last spring : )
Be sure to remind me tho .. : )

[Mr Veritas]

Congratulations on your new Wisteria baby!
Wisterias can be really awkward at flowering.
Our main one flowers like mad,as does a SMALL cutting that is now about 20 feet across and 12 feet high (taken only 3 years ago).
However,another (taken from the main plant) sits in its bed and sulks,it won't even grow much at all!
It's all a bit of a floral lottery really.
Good Luck with yours.

[Mr Veritas]

PS:~
Now it's started,you may come back next year and ask us HOW to control it!
Funnier things have happened.

[julia-mag]

Hi Mr Veritas, You obviously love wisterias to have taken cuttings, mine has to be ruthlessly kept in shape so as not to annoy the neighbours with whom it is always trying to make friends (or get away from me?), I must say it is the fastest growing plant apart from my virginia creeper that I have ever grown, even though it was flower-shy. I think they are beautiful.

[Mr Veritas]

Well julia,
We live in the country,and our garden is about 2 acres,mostly lawn,with some orchard.So we don't have to worry where it rampages to,in fact the more vigourous the better for us.
One side of our garden is wild woodland (with wild boar!) and the other is farmers fields,so nobody to complain about if plants get out of hand.
Our wisteria is the bog standard blluey lilac one,but as yours is pink it is probably a hybrid and they can take a while(as you have found out).However,once they get going they can romp away like their vulgar cousins,so watch out! LOL

This is manor house near us(Pashley Manor) where the wisteria covers nearly the whole of the garden front!

http://www.superevent...ley_manor_gardens.jpg

[Ellipsis]

The original question was here ...

http://www.theanswerb...n/Question854877.html

[Prudie]

My mother and step-father lived in a house for 20 years that stood out from the rest because it had a fabulous wisteria all over the front from ground to roof and when in flower was stunning - their pride and joy. When he died my mum downsized to a smaller place in the same town. Within a month the new owners had hacked it all off to leave bare walls, we actually were so angry that wished we could report them for cruelty at the time.

[AlBags]

Some people just don't appreciate the finer things in life .. do they!? How depressing.

[Barmaid]

We have two at the front of the house. The one on the right hand side has gone mental and looks absolutely stunning. The other has put out some leaves but not a single flower. Guess I will be reading the original thread to see what I can do to encourage it!

[AlBags]

How odd .. on the same house and with same aspect exactly, too.
I always prune the old ones back to each 2-3 buds. Every year .. once.
Some say do twice. I would if growth was very Tiggy Legge-Bourke.
Ask Prudie for some Rice Pudding to put on it! : )

[Prudie]

Now I think you're teasing me but it worked!

[Barmaid]

My BF reckons it is lack of water. I've just read the link on the original thread and I think he is right, but it was lack of water in the summer last year rather than now (I know he was hardly here then because he was always at mine!). I'll give it a good prune later on and see what it does next year.

It is odd though as like you say, same aspect so you would expect them to be at a similar stage - the one on the right is a far far bigger plant (now), although apparently they were bought and planted at the same time and were both the same size.

Ho hum, the wonders of gardening!!!

[julia-mag]

Just been to look in wonder and awe at your picture mr veritas (i.e. Wisteria) and it gives one such a sense of wonderment at such beauty , i'm almost speechless||. I'm sorry I didn,t give link to my original question but I do not have the required knowledge how to find the link site. Perhaps some-one with some time on their hands one day could furnish me with instructions (if it's simple). Many thanks to all contributors on this thread, you've made it such a pleasant read.