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Wisteria - no flowers

viv.bucktonviv.buckton Posts: 2
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Hi folks, new to the forum and hoping for some advice.
3 years ago I bought a wisteria from reputable garden centre paying £88 for a more established shrub in the hope of getting flowers straight away instead of waiting years.  Unfortunately it has never produced flowers and doesn't look as if it's going to produce any this year. Any help much appreciated. Many thanks Viv.

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  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    Welcome to the forum.
    It is quite normal for a wisteria not to flower for 2-3years or more. It seems you bought a large shrub which will take some time to establish and get roots settled in. What position and soil type is your plant in? A sunny aspect and moisture retentive, but well-drained soil is preferable.
    Apply a general fertiliser, e.g. Blood, fish and bone, Gromore,  or Chicken pellets now.
    Could you post a photo, please showing the growth.
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    I have a standard (youngish) wisteria that had been producing flowers for a couple of years. Last year, all of a sudden, it didn't! I posted on here, and @Obelixx gave me this advice: 

    "As it's young it will be more susceptible to drying out so try watering generously then give it a feed of slow release pelleted chicken manure or blood fish and bone and a liquid tonic of seaweed or tomato fertiliser.   Then be patient."

    I followed this advice, and guess what?  A profusion of buds this year. I'll post a pic when it's in flower. 
    Lincolnshire
  • viv.bucktonviv.buckton Posts: 2
    Yorkshirerose and Janie B thanks for your responses, will take your advice on board, perhaps I was expecting too much has it was a more mature shrub, perhaps it hasn't had enough time to settle. I fork in compost each season as we have a garden prone to clay and I do feed it, but perhaps from your advice I'm not feeding it enough.  Many thanks.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That's good to know @Janie B.

    I'd concentrate on giving it a good drink and maybe an instant tonic of liquid tomato feed which will encourage flower bud formation.   The other important thing to get right is the pruning regime - twice a year in July and February.

    Have a look at this - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=242 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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