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Wisteria

t6jc9w8knzl1vzur6Et6jc9w8knzl1vzur6E Posts: 4
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I’ve had a wisteria for about 3 months and it’s grown really well - about 6 - 7ft in that time but over the last 2 weeks it’s started yellowing and losing leaves - at first I thought I had been over watering it (I stopped for about 10 days) and now it looks wilted and has lost all the leaves in the mid-section.

I watered it this morning as the soil is really dry.

please help. I thought I was doing well with this!!

thanks

Si

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It won’t live in that pot,  they need to be in the ground or an enormous pot,  they are huge plants,  like trees. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Agree with Lyn, of course. It always baffles me that people insist on growing in pots/containers plants which are naturally bound to grow into trees or huge climbers, as a Wisteria. ;)
  • t6jc9w8knzl1vzur6Et6jc9w8knzl1vzur6E Posts: 4
    Thankyou. Will source a larger pot. Is the wisteria stressed at the moment you think?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They’re beautiful plants,  haven’t you got a space in your garden where it can stretch it’s roots and be what it wants to be.? 
    This one’s been in for about 5 or 6 years.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2022
    Have a look at the photo of @Obelixx ‘s wisteria posted on this thread in April 2021

    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/2333465#Comment_2333465 

    to show you what your wisteria can be if you give it what it needs. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Obi’s wisterias are gorgeous,  I don’t think they’re suited to a bungalow,  I think it will outgrow our space very soon. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • t6jc9w8knzl1vzur6Et6jc9w8knzl1vzur6E Posts: 4
    Lyn said:
    Obi’s wisterias are gorgeous,  I don’t think they’re suited to a bungalow,  I think it will outgrow our space very soon. 
    It’s not a bungalow - it’s a barn conversion so has loads of space. 
  • t6jc9w8knzl1vzur6Et6jc9w8knzl1vzur6E Posts: 4
    Well it has stop wilted now I’ve watered it (funny old thing) but still getting leaf loss. Maybe it’s just autumn kicking in after the stressful hot summer.
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