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Wisteria Problems

f.lawton1608f.lawton1608 Posts: 4
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We bought 2 wisteria plants from a garden centre about 2 and a half years ago. First year we had them no flowers, last year they both flowered, albeit for a short time, but both healthy and we were happy. I trimmed according to recommendations after that. Since then we have repotted both trees into larger pots. This year both started to leaf around March, both looking fine. The one has always done slightly better than the other as it gets sun for a few more hours in the day.
However , in the last 7-10 days the one which gets less sun has suddenly wilted and half the leaf growth has shrivelled up entirely!! Panic!! I cant imagine why the sudden change! We have had wilting before, last year during that big drought that we had, but we managed to water them through it. However, no lack of water this year so I cant understand the sudden problem! Obviously I imagine we are going to lose all these leaves but I don't know if any more will grow back, there aren't any more shoots I can see.
I will try to post a photo alongside the healthy one to show the difference and to show you what I mean. The leaves are a little yellowed and generally wilting completely. Both plants get the same inputs generally just aside from a couple of hours difference in sunlight! Please help! Really don't want to lose this tree!!!!! We bought them both with wedding money so they are special to us :(

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  • f.lawton1608f.lawton1608 Posts: 4


    First two pics are the suffering plant of course. 3rd pic is the good plant.


  • foxwalesfoxwales Posts: 69
    Pot is too small.  At that height and amount of foliage, the plant will be trying to put out a good root system to support the growth above ground.  It can't do that in such a small pot.  Also as the roots are effectively above ground in a pot, heat will transfer in and out that much quicker, so changes in temperature could also be playing a part.  Time for it to go into the ground.
  • f.lawton1608f.lawton1608 Posts: 4
    foxwales said:
    Pot is too small.  At that height and amount of foliage, the plant will be trying to put out a good root system to support the growth above ground.  It can't do that in such a small pot.  Also as the roots are effectively above ground in a pot, heat will transfer in and out that much quicker, so changes in temperature could also be playing a part.  Time for it to go into the ground.
    Thanks so much for reading my post :) hmm , the only thing is the other tree is absolutely fine and in the same situation. We researched pot size a great deal first and have found a number of trees in this size pot which have done very well. Yes they may not grow huge but still coped just fine in terms of putting out leaves and flowers. We would prefer them in the ground but would struggle with our patio. We looked up potting options instead and did as recommended. The wilting also happened quite suddenly. Up until a week or so ago the suffering tree was at the same stage as the other. Same pots, but one is doing great and the other not. The good tree is actually doing fantastically well this year compared with last year so it's pot doesn't seem to be inhibiting its survival. Do you think only the pot could be the problem??
  • f.lawton1608f.lawton1608 Posts: 4
    Treeface said:
    It's all about eliminating common variables. You've said same pot, same soil, same water and the only thing that's different is the aspect. So if you're watering the same, then the one with less sun is being watered too much.
    Hi and thank you also :) Mostly I just let the rain do the watering to be honest. I havent done any extra watering this year prior to the leaves wilting, only last year a couple of extra times when we had that very long drought. How would be the best way to solve the problem now if I continue to do no extra watering? :) 
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    I don’t where you are but April has been the sunniest and on record here in the W Midlands and extremely dry so if you haven’t been watering recently I suspect that is the problem. On duller days it’s also been quite breezy which also increases evaporation from leaves so a double whammy. It may be that the one plant comes better than the other with the weather just like us they don’t all grow and respond to pressure in the same way. 

    Although they are close to each other the healthier one may be slightly more sheltered from the prevailing breeze, just enough to make a difference.
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    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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