On the bright side, wisteria in bloom is possibly the most beautiful vine you’ll ever see. On the dark side, if you don’t prune it twice a year (March and July), you can expect few if any blooms, and the vine’s rampant growth can take the roof off a house. If you own a wisteria, now is the time for its winter pruning. These directions apply to a wisteria grown in full sun, … [Read more...] about How to prune wisteria
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Pruning Japanese wisteria
Few plants are as extravagant with their blooms as wisteria vines, strung with fragrant, eight- to ten-inch (20- to 25-cm) flower racemes dripping downward. But if your wisteria vine blooms sparsely—or has never bloomed—the best way to trigger flower production is by pruning. Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) is a rampant woody plant that requires pruning twice a year in … [Read more...] about Pruning Japanese wisteria
