Wisteria help

Last post 22-02-2012 8:39 PM by Snark. 3 replies.

• 22/02/2012 06:02 AM

  annarinaldi Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 6

  Reply | Contact I pruned a rather overgrown wisteria yesterday taking quite a lot off of the growth at the top (not the buds) and also 3 very thick stems growing near the base and middle of the trunk.  Also some of the thick stems/branches have grown into fencing and this is now embedded into the lattice fence panel. Should I leave the panel in there or cut the whole branch off? Pics attached. Will all of my heavy pruning discourage flowering for this year ? What is the best way to support this wisteria which is currently against a crumbling fence? I will attempt to add some images of the wisteria now.

• 22/02/2012 06:05 AM	In reply to
  annarinaldi Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact How do I add photos to accompany my question above?

• 22/02/2012 08:35 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,475	Reply | Contact  Instructions on posting photos can be found on this thread  http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/t/18506.aspx sue1002

• 22/02/2012 08:39 PM

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  Snark Location: Suffolk Joined on: 12 Jan 2011 Posts: 266

  Reply | Contact Cutting back all the whippy bits to 3 buds at this time of year is supposed to encourage flowering. There was a good article in the RHS mag fairly recently which said that timing and exact method are nothing like as critical as is usually made out.I have just had to butcher mine for attempting to destroy the greenhouse and I am constantly hacking off the bits which try to pull off the gutters and roof tiles.It didnt flower well until it was about 7 years old but now it flowers every year. You need to keep mat it and be ruthless otherwise it will take over the world For the Snark was a boojum you see