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Hey guys.  I really want to plant Wisteria in my front and back garden.Hey guys. I really want to plant Wisteria in my front and back garden. Please can you post a photo on this post of your Wisteria and age? Also guys has anyone trained their Wisteria to grow as a tree? If so please can you kindly tell me how you done so. Thanks x

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There's a house on my street and they've grown a wisteria tree in the front garden. It's LUSH! Only problem is, the tree must have grown bigger than they planned because it's now all over their front door so either dwarves live in the house or they have to limbo to get in

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@isfahan haha that's awesome. Send pics tomorrow if you kindly would.  

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@mendelson99895 I'll only be going out If this bloody storm stops! If not tomorrow then over the next few days for sure x

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@isfahan Thanks beaut. Friday it's meant to be ok. Xx

Answer 2

I'll take a pic of mine tomorrow, mine is very young and has yet to flower but it's started to wind it's way around our pergola already.  

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@dirham thank you

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@mendelson99895 no problem

Answer 3

I think they are beautiful but they can take years to flower.  

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@sacrifice Yeah I have read.  

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@sacrifice so worth the wait tho eh  

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@dirham taken at a castle in Scotland, so pretty ♥️

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@sacrifice wow that is stunning x

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@sacrifice so pretty, I've always wanted one so after finally buying a house (was always in rented) I treated myself to two last summer. One is doing better than the other but they both survived the winter. I shan't be pruning for at least another year or two yet. Need to get them established. It will make my year when they eventually flower. I realise that could be a few years yet tho x

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@dirham it will be well worth it x

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@dirham prune twice a year otherwise you won’t get flowers , the buds grow where you cut . They grow pretty quick .  

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@abelmosk it's only a baby, I was advised by the garden centre not to just yet

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@dirham I’m surprised at that , I was advised to prune twice year every year , mine was only a baby too when I got it . They grow at a tremendous rate , good luck do what you think is right.  

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Top tip , buy one already in flower , they can take up too ten years to flower if not , prune twice a year, I’ll take a pic of mine in the morning, 3 years old .  

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@abelmosk thank you. I'll take a look online. Did you buy one flowered? If so where from? Thanks

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@mendelson99895 yes brought mine in flower , 6 ft tall £20 from garden center. First one I had wasn’t in flower , dug it out after 5 years ! Think it is something to do with grafting , if you buy in flower you will get flowers every year , pruning is trial and error lol , got the hang of it now .  

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@abelmosk ok great. I'll ensure I buy flowered haha. Thanks

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@abelmosk I had on in my garden for over 25 years before it flowed and it is stunning now

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@morale5724 wow what patience you have

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@abelmosk please can you tell me about pruning really want to look after mine and have no idea many thanks

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@abelmosk I will send a picture in the morning

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@morale5724 yes of corse , tag me your picture. It took me a while to get my head around it . The best way to explain is in November cut the long whispy bits to 5 buds , ( count the leaf pairs ) then February cut to two or three buds , there will be no leaf in feb so count the nodes  sorry that reply was for @donkey fox

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Not on a north facing wall.  

Answer 6

We trim it back every year! About 10 years old!  

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@waxen So beautiful. I want the white one. Is the Japanese one?  

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@waxen Beautiful Heavenly Magical x

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@waxen I have a baby white with its first proper crop of buds. Much slower than my blue one though

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When do you prune them please? Ours isn’t doing well. It’s four years old but I didn’t know you had to prune it.  

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@pierides2 I've never pruned mine either n mines 6 years old this summer n the second year to flower

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Mine is about 8yrs old. It has only been in the ground for a couple of years and spend most of its life in a pot

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Mine is 8 years old. Flowered for the first time when it was 4 years old. Bought it when it was knee high

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I’ve been told 30/40 years old! ‍♀️

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Mine flowered for the first time last year it was here when I moved in 10 years ago. I didn't even know what it was I thought it was dead in the winter I missed trimming it apparently its Feb and July but its as a tree in my front garden I'm definitely going to look after it better now I know what it is its only just getting its leaves back at the moment  

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Stacey Halford-Jones put a picture of yours on x

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Mine is 6 years old and was a cutting from my moms wisteria. It’s the first year it’s flowered this year. I usually cut it back once a year but last year I didn’t do it because 2 years ago I thought I’d killed it as I cut it really back. Xx

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It is on the left side of this as well but that’s only just started to shoot. that fence panel got damaged in the winds earlier this year so had to change the panel, I think that’s altered the grown on that side xx

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@howling how do you take a cutting of it please Thanks

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@aeciospore193 I’ve no idea as my mom did and planted it for me. Someone asked me the other day so il ask my mom and let you know xx

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@howling I'd be very interested to know too x

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Oooooh a cutting. I might have to steal some from my mum.  

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Had mine 5 years never flowered

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This is the best year I have had for flowers on my wisteria . I bought it from Morrison’s for about £1. 50 some 18/20 Years ago and decided to try and grow it as a standard in a pot . I used a metal pole from my sons old goal post and wire coat hangers trying to create a frame I’d seen supporting one in local garden centre . ( priced £125 ) . I think I must have got the pruning right this year . It has been in this same pot for the most of this time apart from the very beginning. I think this early heatwave has been good for it and it’s been fantastic to sit on the patio during lockdown and admire it . Hoping this wet weather does not batter it to much .  

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@chancellorsville is this a normal one or did you get a tree one?  

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@frap30280 No I just picked plant up while shopping in Morrisons all those years ago . Inspired by a standard I’d seen in a garden centre I thought I would have a go . Tried to identify the variety the other day and think it looks like this one .  

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@chancellorsville there must a tree and trailing varies x

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Mine had just flowered after 5 years

Answer 17

This is a tree version, it is about 10 years old and I trim it back Feb and July.