yes it is a wisteria and if you wish it to flower next year the secret is in the cutting back which needs to be in two stages. The first stage is about now " July" when all new side growth needs to be cut back to approx two or three leaf nods. Stage two is a further cut back to approx one or two leaf nods in Feb the following year before any growth really starts and you should find that on each of the points that you have trimmed that a flower stem will appear. Continue training the main stem in whatever direction you want for as far as you want and within a few years you will have a mass of mouve cascading flowers from April till may and poss a little longer.
Just to put a possible downer on this, if it was grown from seed and not grafted, it can take a decade or more to flower. Have a look at the base of the stem and try and see if you can find a graft. The pruning Tom mentions is also essential, regardless.
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Me too Kef, Im hoping I may get a cutting lol, would cover the bike lock up brilliantly
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yes it is a wisteria and if you wish it to flower next year the secret is in the cutting back which needs to be in two stages. The first stage is about now " July" when all new side growth needs to be cut back to approx two or three leaf nods. Stage two is a further cut back to approx one or two leaf nods in Feb the following year before any growth really starts and you should find that on each of the points that you have trimmed that a flower stem will appear. Continue training the main stem in whatever direction you want for as far as you want and within a few years you will have a mass of mouve cascading flowers from April till may and poss a little longer.
Thats great Tom. Thankyou for the advice. I will be up there tomorrow so will let her know and get started
Just to put a possible downer on this, if it was grown from seed and not grafted, it can take a decade or more to flower. Have a look at the base of the stem and try and see if you can find a graft. The pruning Tom mentions is also essential, regardless.