Tag: pruning

• Why is my wisteria not flowering?

  

  Legend has it that a wisteria takes seven years to produce its wonderful racemes of fragrant purple/white flowers. Some wisteria do indeed reward their owners’ patience with a magnificent show after a very slow start. Less fortunate owners can get to the end of seven years – or indeed seventy – and still have nothing […]

  Louise Allen

  December 9, 2012

  Pruning by Plant

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• Prune wisteria in July/August and January/February

  

  August is the ideal time to prune wisteria. Removing the long, whippy shoots allows what sun we still might have to ripen the wood. This helps the flower buds to form for next year. To see more photo of wisteria, trained in different styles, follow this link on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/louiseyallen/wisteria/

  Louise Allen

  August 28, 2012

  Pruning by Plant

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