Reply to jag: Yes, a large plastic container will be fine, but make sure you tie the plant to supports for stability rather than trying to grow your wisteria as a free-standing specimen. You should find good value plants of named varieties in garden centres. Even small plants quickly grow.
Alternatively, if you are looking for a specific variety then visit the RHS Plant Finder on their web site at www.rhs.org.uk and contact some of the nurseries that come up in your search.
my son decimated my 15 year old slow to do anything wisteria by chainsaw through the main stem it flowered for the first time last year and had amazing growth spurt this year wgen im sure it would have been its opus maximus i had a fit i actually threw the eggs i had just gathered out the chicken coop at him i was so angry but in the last two weeks it has sprung out at the bottom some new vigourous grouth and a few tendrils so it looks like it liked the overly done cut . then a friend turned up today with a new specimen in a pot which im going to put in a large rubber tub . so ive got two now . so all ends well
22.Posted by Christine Lennon at 9:47 pm on Friday 18 June 2010 Link to comment Report comment I, too have created a cottage garden from a patch of grass. It’s in its third year now and is my haven. Being a novice, I don’t know anything about dividing plants and it’s been very hit or miss. But a joy all the same. Can anyone tell me why a hardy geranium which was burgeoning last summer now has leaves which are turning red and very small flowers? Also – a grafted aubergine plant bought earlier in the year is looking very sorry. What can I do to revive it? Christine Lennon
I have a wisteria growing at the front of the house. Have lived here four years, one neighbour says it is at least 40 years old. It extends across the front of the house and clibs up in four places and four main branches are intertwined. It was tied back by wires attached to screws in the wall at four points up a bay window. Last November it fell down into the garden. We hauled it back up and tried to get it in its original position (looks a mess) - and cut a lot back. We needed to secure it with thin rope. It looks very untidy. It flowers rigourously in late April / early May and then again just recently. Its base is over a foot in diameter (old and narled). Two questions here - could I cut it back to a few branches near the base and train it up the walls again, tying in much better than it is now since it collapsed. Secondly, the base of the plant is right next to a wall and I suspect its roots are attached to the foundations of the house. If I got rid of it completely, does anyone know of likely problems? Thanks for any advice
if you are looking for a specific variety then visit the RHS Plant Finder on their web site at http://www.handymenmanchester.co.uk and contact some of the nurseries that come up in your search.
I have been growing a wisteria in a large pot for 10 years. My son had it to grow a bonsai with but it was a failure so I potted it in a large pot. It is trained up a metal washing line post with two intersecting wheels at the top. It has grown successfully ever since and at this present time is a picture.
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Alternatively, if you are looking for a specific variety then visit the RHS Plant Finder on their web site at www.rhs.org.uk and contact some of the nurseries that come up in your search.
it flowered for the first time last year and had amazing growth spurt this year wgen im sure it would have been its opus maximus
i had a fit i actually threw the eggs i had just gathered out the chicken coop at him i was so angry
but in the last two weeks it has sprung out at the bottom some new vigourous grouth and a few tendrils so it looks like it liked the overly done cut .
then a friend turned up today with a new specimen in a pot which im going to put in a large rubber tub .
so ive got two now .
so all ends well
Link to comment Report comment I, too have created a cottage garden from a patch of grass. It’s in its third year now and is my haven. Being a novice, I don’t know anything about dividing plants and it’s been very hit or miss. But a joy all the same.
Can anyone tell me why a hardy geranium which was burgeoning last summer now has leaves which are turning red and very small flowers?
Also – a grafted aubergine plant bought earlier in the year is looking very sorry. What can I do to revive it?
Christine Lennon
Two questions here - could I cut it back to a few branches near the base and train it up the walls again, tying in much better than it is now since it collapsed. Secondly, the base of the plant is right next to a wall and I suspect its roots are attached to the foundations of the house. If I got rid of it completely, does anyone know of likely problems?
Thanks for any advice