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"Ged McLaren" writes:
| Planted my first Wisteria earlier this year and its growing well,what do I
| do when then vertical shoot reaches the gutter of my house ?
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| Should I pinch out the growing tip, or train it horizontally or what ?,
| thanks.

Cut it back as hard as you like this autumn. It reshoots well from old
wood, and you want to persuade it to establish a suitable framework of
old branches. It flowers on spur shoots that grow out of older wood;
the long whippy stems don't flower, but can be used to establish new
framework.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.