"Janet Sanderson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:04:30 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
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"aardvark" wrote in message
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I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on
the
new
wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ...

many thanks, all thoughts appreciaited

It mostly flowers on the old wood, only occassional flowers on the new,
the
reason you are pruning it now is to try and make it form flowering spurs
(like fruiting spurs on an apple tree) they look quite different and
should
not be removed (for obvious reasons!)
Could someonoe spell this out for me please, I have just planted a
wisteria (last Autumn) and inclined to chop it back a bit - well the
long dangly things - just a bit ???

should I do it?

Not now. In the autumn you cut *all* the new growth back to just above the
second bud from its base.

I know there are other pruning regimes, but that simple one kept my wistaria
in a wonderful state for twenty years.

If you prune too early, the plant will make sufficient new growth in the
current season to make it necessary to repeat the process in the autumn.

[Franz Heymann]
thanks
Janet