Hello Lilly,

I guess the one to answer here is Paghat, since she is likely to know
about this quasi "climate" question, but when it gets cold some
of our wisterias (two) die here and there, as they do need renewal.
I guess this is the way yours is letting you know that she is trying
to get into the Washington climate and perhaps - since some of
it appears to be dead - it wouldn't do any harm to cut it back to
where it looks green and sacrifice perhaps some bloom in order
to give it a chance to restore itself? I doubt anything would
have grown anyway from the area of dieback, but if Paghat doesn't
chime in, a good nursery around your area maybe the best
answer. What kind of wisteria are you growing?

Allegra
in Portland Oregon
Lilly wrote in message news

I was hoping some of you might have some wisdom for me. I've had a
white wisteria for about 3 years now, it's always been a good bloomer.
We've lived a year in Washington State now (I've been told we're still
zone 8 even though we're not on the Oly Pen anymore.), we used to live
in Calif. The wisteria came with us, and bloomed fine in both places.
Anyway, I've never pruned it because the fellow who gave it to me said
not to. Now I'm noticing that it has a lot more dead branches than it
used to and very little indication of buds/new growth. I'm wondering
if should I prune it? I'm a little worried now and I'm just not too
sure what I should do. Thanks for any ideas...
~Lilly