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Wisteria flowering...then it snowed
DorieFish
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Hello
I inherited a wisteria when I bought the house and have managed to improve it each year. I was particularly pleased with my pruning this year...spring came early and hundreds of buds appeared but then winter came back. The flowers were in the early stages when we had another snowfall (we are at 1200m)
That was 4 weeks ago, the flowers have all died and there are zero leaves on the plant. Do you think that could have killed it?
We have had snow as late as early June and it survived but I am sure it usually has leaves by now - but it doesn't usually flower until June.
Any thoughts? Has the weird weather caused it a problem?
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If there was a heavy frost the new leaf buds may well have been killed off. I suggest you exercise some patience and see if it produces new shoots a bit later on when it's recovered and had time to ripen latent buds. Give it a generous dollop of pelleted chicken manure or slow release rose or tomato food and a long drink if you've been short of rain.
I have inherited 2 wisterias in this garden and both flowered profusely which was lovely but one was very unruly after years of neglect so I cut it back quite hard 3 or 4 weeks ago and there are now new leaves and shoots forming so as long as your main trunk and stems weren't frozen solid yours should recover.
Tried the nail scratch method. Scratch the bark with your nail. If there is green under the bark then the plant is still alive.
Two of our Davidia trees have had the same problem, but there are now new buds just appearing.
Last edited: 19 May 2017 14:50:42
Great thanks, it should be pretty hardy, we have a least 3 months of snow on the ground and up it's main trunk during the winters here Will take your recommendations, thanks!
Where are you? I always found in my Belgian garden that a cold but snowy spell in winter was a lot less damaging than a cold dry one or a cold wet one. No snow here usually and -6C is considered extreme cold and doesn't happen very often.
My wisteria got hit by a hard frost just before flowering 3 or 4 weeks ago. Its just starting to get new shoots now