In message , Charlie
Pridham writes
If it was me I would tie in (after the work) only those shoots needed
to replace the framework shape, bending the shoots down has much the
same effect as pruning and will help induce flowering, having said
that, my plant regularly sends shoots from the base which I remove as
cuttings and these always flower so I do not think you will wait long
for flowers! Going anywhere nice? :~)

Thanks, Charlie, that sounds promising! I am sad to lose the hefty trunk
of the old wisteria, but if the shoots flower soon, then that will make
up for it.

We'll be selling up as part of the process of retiring, which currently
looks a bit sooner than we had planned. It would be lovely to move your
way -Cornwall is one of my favourite places anywhere - but, then, we'd
like to end up not too far from one or another of our daughters -
probably somewhere near Norwich, which I'm also very fond of!

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Klara, Gatwick basin