"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"'Mike'" wrote ...

'Her out doors' liked the article to such a degree that she is now
inspired to grow Wisteria. We had been thinking about it for yours, I
think it may be a fact now :-))

If you do, and I love them, remember they are a big plant and will grow a
big thick trunk like a largish tree.
So plant it slightly away from the house wall and then train it back to
the wall. Do not let the young stems rest on anything like a porch gutter
etc because as they thicken they will bend/break it and you will not be
strong enough to move them, train them well away from such things. Keep
them well away from phone wires and eaves too.
It will also need firmly held strong wires to tie it to but do not use
plain wire as ties as they will cut the thickening stems. I covered the
wire ties in small bore plastic tubing myself. (as used as air line in
tropical fish tanks)

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Regards
Bob Hobden


Thanks for that Bob. (Just noticed, 'yours' should have been 'years'. I wish
this keyboard could spell proper loike)

We would put it under the veranda which goes right across the back of the
house and it would be pruned back or it would take too much light.

We had been thinking of Bougainvillea (has the keyboard spelt that right)
but there is the weather element of that one.

Mike
South Facing Coast of Isle of Wight


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