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Moving/hard pruning a wisteria sinensis
Sam Jesson
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Hi, A friend of mine has a wisteria growing over a rotten trellis arch. The arch needs replacing and they were hoping to move it because it's not in a very good location. So my questions are, will the wisteria take a hard pruning (it's extreamly over grown and badly trained) and can it be moved? Thanks! Sam
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Yes is the simple answer. It is a bit late but the long range weather doesn't give really low temps for a while. I'm renovating several beds for a client and am moving things asap so get it done now and water in thoroughly and the mulch it heavily. The ground is still relatively warm so asap.
Dave Morgan. Will it take hard pruning and if so just how hard? We have a similar problem with a pergola. We think the plants are supporting the pergola rather than vice versa! It's something we may have to replace but not for a year or two but not move the wisteria.
Marygold you can be be quite hard with wisteria, you may lose next year's flowers but they do recover. Sam yes it can wait till spring but again you may lose flowers for one season, but often it's worth it just to regain control. As for how hard to prune you can't take it back to ground level, just try to keep the main stems intact and keep as many growth points as you can.
Nothing sorry, it's a risk you take.
Thanks for advice Dave.
As long as you can actually see what you're cutting. Too much leaf and you're working blind. I'm still waiting for leaf drop on some due to the weather and there's still time so don't be hasty, its easier to do without leaves.