This is how it's done (Wisteria)

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How do I grow a wisteria as a high trunk?

Start the regular pruning as early as possible and do it consistently twice a year. Choose the strongest shoot as the main shoot. Shorten this by about a third in the first spring, cut off all other shoots (side shoots). So that your wisteria gets enough support and grows straight, give it a stick as a support to the side.

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Loosely tie the main drive to the support rod. Repeat tying up several times a year when the wisteria comes back grown is. In summer, cut the new side shoots by about half, later always to three to five buds.

In the second year you determine how big your wisteria should stay and shorten the main shoot to the appropriate height. Only in the third year do you remove all unwanted side shoots below the crown. Now the wisteria can also be recognized as a tree.

How and where do I plant my tall wisteria?

As long as your wisteria is rather one

Trunk as a full-grown standard trunk, you can do it well in the bucket cultivate. This makes it easier for you to protect it from frost in winter. Later, the wisteria is quite hardy. He prefers a sunny and sheltered place Location, like on your terrace or on the balcony.

How do I care for a wisteria as a high trunk?

In general, the wisteria is considered robust and easy-care, but in addition to plenty of sun, it also needs regular pruning so that you can enjoy its blossoms without worries. Do this conservation pruning in spring and summer as soon as flowering is over.

Before and during the Heyday the wisteria does not tolerate drought, so make sure that the soil is evenly moist. The soil shouldn't dry out, otherwise your wisteria could be not blooming. The plant also needs plenty of nutrients from spring until after the second flowering. Use a lime-free one fertilizer with low nitrogen content.

The essentials in brief:

  • leave only one main shoot and in the 2nd Cut the year at the desired height
  • Support and tie in the main drive in the first few years
  • in the 3rd Remove unwanted side shoots every year
  • from the 4th Carry out normal maintenance pruning for the year

Tips

Even if the wisteria is a strongly growing climbing plant by nature, it can certainly be grown as a high trunk. However, this requires some work on your part.