I have a young wisteria plant which has started putting out vines which are climbing up a trellis. I would like to keep the plant on the smallish side and am wondering what sort of pruning techniques I should use. Does anyone have ideas on how to do this? Cheryl
Wisteria - keeping it tamed
Jul 21, 2003
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I have one I trained as a tree and I have to prune this thing once a week or it'll take over the planet! I just prune the runners back as far as I want. Wisterias are a bit of work but worth it come flowering time. Just prune the long runners back where you want them. It's that easy.
Summer and winter pruning.. Think of it like a fruit tree.. Shorten any unwanted tenderils or reduce those that you want by a half- 2 thirds (leave up to 6 inches..) in a good year you will need to do this more than once.. THen do a certain amount of 'framework' pruning in Feb, before it starts to shoot. (May differ in your location).
We had great flowers followed by the velvety bean like fruits this year..
Piccy here:
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you want to take a look // Jim
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