hi the same thing happened to my wisteria. 1 year ago I planted 3 young plants about 4 feet tall and which had flowered in their pots along a south facing back wall. They were doing really well and flowered this year and then drastically 2 of them dried up and the leaves fell off. There had been quite a lot of wind. I mulched with some compost and fed them with some general purpose feed and left them - watering twice a week. About 6 weeks later (last week) they have come back very vigorously - I guess the root system was still in good order. Leaves are a bit yellow at the moment if anyone could help me with that. Christo
I have a ten year old wisteria that until last year was very healthy and vigorous, last year one by one the leaves went yellow and fell off and the long vines seemed to die off, now its barely alive, only a few vines coming directly from the ground survive, I am completely stumped, I live in Italy and the soil is heavy clay.
I have just read all the posts, some going back a few years, and everyone no matter from which country be it the US or France, Luxemburg or italy has the same story of dying wisteria, maybe its a worldwide problem, maybe its a new disease or insect, i wish someone could give us some answers.
March 28,2012. Columbus, Ohio Zone 6a. I have 3 Wisterias, one is Japanese, and yes I regret planting 3 but one was a gift. I don't have the heart to dig one up and give it away, they are doing so well.
Two of the three are full of bud flowers! I am so excited however after the freeze 2 nights ago, the Japanese has a lot of droopy buds and one fell off. I am devastated needless to say.
Is there anything I can do going forward to prevent losing more buds/blooms on the Wisterias going forward? I am afraid we may lose the plant all together, is that possible for an established Wisteria? Columbus has had a crazy Spring, high 70's low 80's and then back to normal in the 50's, with a freeze the other night.
I'm experiencing the same problem with my wisteria, now about 10 years old. It flowered normally this year, but leaf growth has been somewhat less than usual and there has been some minor die-back on a few branches. Today I noticed the leaves are drooping and there's been a lot of leaf drop. Last summer the tree on the road in front of the house was cut down due to disease; I was not told what disease, but I was shown a lesion at the base of the trunk. It looked like the typical phytophthora symptom. Could there be a connection?
Our huge (20x40 feet), rampant, thriving, prolifically flowering wisteria, that has been in situ against a south facing house wall in very sandy, poor soil for eight very successful years has suddenly wilted, shrivelled and dropped all its leaves. Help! I've tried barrel loads of water to no avail and I can find no signs of bugs or pests. What can we do?
Mrs. J, North Central Florida, USA - April 2015Beautiful 10 year old wisteria plant, grown from a cutting taken at our old place. Bloomed beautifully but now a few weeks later it is a bare brown wasteland. Another plant, transplanted 9 years ago, is doing well but has not bloomed yet. It never has bloomed as well as the dying one. Guess I have to dig up the plant to see why it is dying.
Knowing I am not alone in my loss of a beautiful, flowering. sweet smelling friend, is a small comfort.
Whatever it is has now reached Scotland, and our enormous healthy old wisteria has lost all its leaves over the last week - they suddenly turned crispy and fell off.
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Christo
I have just read all the posts, some going back a few years, and everyone no matter from which country be it the US or France, Luxemburg or italy has the same story of dying wisteria, maybe its a worldwide problem, maybe its a new disease or insect, i wish someone could give us some answers.
Two of the three are full of bud flowers! I am so excited however after the freeze 2 nights ago, the Japanese has a lot of droopy buds and one fell off. I am devastated needless to say.
Is there anything I can do going forward to prevent losing more buds/blooms on the Wisterias going forward? I am afraid we may lose the plant all together, is that possible for an established Wisteria?
Columbus has had a crazy Spring, high 70's low 80's and then back to normal in the 50's, with a freeze the other night.
Thanks,
Susan
CM of Westcliff-on-Sea
Our huge (20x40 feet), rampant, thriving, prolifically flowering wisteria, that has been in situ against a south facing house wall in very sandy, poor soil for eight very successful years has suddenly wilted, shrivelled and dropped all its leaves. Help! I've tried barrel loads of water to no avail and I can find no signs of bugs or pests. What can we do?
Mrs. J, North Central Florida, USA - April 2015Beautiful 10 year old wisteria plant, grown from a cutting taken at our old place. Bloomed beautifully but now a few weeks later it is a bare brown wasteland. Another plant, transplanted 9 years ago, is doing well but has not bloomed yet. It never has bloomed as well as the dying one. Guess I have to dig up the plant to see why it is dying.
Knowing I am not alone in my loss of a beautiful, flowering. sweet smelling friend, is a small comfort.
Whatever it is has now reached Scotland, and our enormous healthy old wisteria has lost all its leaves over the last week - they suddenly turned crispy and fell off.