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Questions tagged [wisteria]

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Can I move a 13 year old Wisteria from the ground to a container?

My Wisteria has been growing well in its current spot for about 13 years but has become too large for the fence that first supported it. It measures about 6ft and I would like to re-position it to the front garden where it can climb the front of…
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When and how should a wisteria be pruned?

I just moved into a house which has two well established wisteria plants growing on the front of it. To our knowledge, it's been here for about 30+ years and we'd like to get it under a little control with it being so thick. You can see from the…
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Wisteria cutting healthy with plastic bag on; drying out when bag removed. What to do?

I am looking for a recommendation about what I should do with a Wisteria cutting I took about 2 months ago. It has rotted down from the top of the cutting to the first leaf node,(please see picture attached) but from there plenty of new green…
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Transplanting established Wisteria from pots to ground

I have two Wisteria Brachybotrys, each growing in a 1200 litre tub, on either side of a gazebo. They are young, purchased in the spring, but have already entwined the trellis walls and the roof of the gazebo. They are each some 2.5m tall. The…
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Wisteria's trunk covered with soil

I have built a raised bed around the wisteria and planning to fill it up with soil, but before I burry wisteria's trunk I just wanted to check if it'll cause any issues. I've seen some posts with reference to covering tree trunk with soil and it was…
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Can I grow wisteria on sand?

I'm planning to plant Wisteria next to my house. After I removed concrete slabs that were next to the wall, I noticed there was a deep layer of building sand underneath. I'm planning to cover it with a couple of cm of soil and plant wisteria, but…
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How to attach things to cinder block walls? (For training wisteria plant)

I have a wisteria plant that I would like to train into long, horizontal branches. It's growing against a cinder block wall. I tried screwing some masonry screws into it, but those just ground a hole in the wall that was too big for the screw to…
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My Wisteria was pale

I have a large Wisteria vine that grows on an arbor. Last fall I cut it back significantly. This spring the blossoms were small and pale, not the brilliant violet they usually are. What would cause the blossoms to be pale?
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