"Charlie Pridham" 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)


Perhaps while we are all talking about them its worth pointing out there
are several species and hybrids, the one based on W. sinensis are huge
and unfortunately contain a lot of the named ones, while those based on
W. floribunda are more modest in size, but the named ones are often more
difficult to get hold of. There was a good artical in the garden a year
or two back which highlighted some of the lesser known species and
hybrids worth check your wish list against the plant finder to find out
which parent predominates before buying (few of us have space for more
than one!)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea


Thanks Charlie, I will leave that to 'her out doors' :-)

Thinking on the wires for support, when I was doing Telephone work, there
was one particular overhead telephone cable which had steel straining wires
in it :-)) (Copper stretches and would break) Have to talk nicely to the
telephone engineers here ;-)

Mike



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