Raising and caring for wisteria as a tribe

How does a wisteria grow naturally?

The wisteria is one strongly growing and profuse flowering climber. If he feels comfortable, then he will be chosen depending on the variety about eight to ten feet tall. Its flower panicles reach a length of a good 30 centimeters. in the the shade However, a wisteria grows less well, and it does not bloom there.

Train the wisteria to be a trunk

It's best to use one for this refined wisteria, because this one blooms earlier than an unrefined one. Even so, you will have to wait a few years for the first bloom. First of all, you have to educate your wisteria, i.e. bring it into the desired shape. The cutbacks required for this initially prevent flowering.

At least in the first few years you should use your wisteria as a stem in the bucket cultivate because he is only old hardy. Water the young plant sufficiently so that the root ball does not dry out. With

fertilizer on the other hand, it is advisable to use it sparingly, too much of it causes the shoots to shoot unnecessarily and weakens your wisteria.

Does the wisteria need winter protection as a trunk?

A wisteria in the bucket is best protected from frost on all sides, including from below. Because in the bucket there is always the risk that the root can freeze to death. Then you will inevitably get the wisteria that has been created with a lot of effort. On the other hand, there are only a few young shoots froze to death, then there is no great damage.

The essentials in brief:

• Upbringing in the bucket possible
• protect well from frost
• cut back in a targeted manner
• carefully water and fertilize
• Flowers only after a few years