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"nahgoe" wrote in message
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I have a Wisteria of the blue variety which is seven years old approx
having spent two years in a pot and the last five years in a permanent
position in my suburban garden in north west England. It is positioned
in the garden where it receives the morning sun at approx 10:00, some
parts not until about 11:30.
For the last two years it has begun the process of blooming where a
massive bud crop grew to between 3" and 4" in length and then stopped.
The individual petals of each bloom would then fall off when touched.
The result was that the plant did not bloom. Now well into the blooming
season one or two blooms have grown to full size and are attempting,
unsuccessfully to bloom. The leaves are now on the vine and otherwise
the plant looks very healthy.
I did think that perhaps the buds were being killed by the sun on a
chilled bud as a result of a late spring frost however, this year we
did not have a late frost to affect the buds. Has any one had the same
experience and if so how did they remedy the problem.



There is a Wisteria on the Cliff Walk just round the corner from me, growing
up through some trees. Wonderful site, full of blooms. This is facing East
and is right on the edge of the cliff so any East winds which are the cold
ones, hops over the edge of the cliff and bites yer blooming ears off.

Facing East it has sun on it from sunrise to mid day, but as it is up
through the tree, will get sun all day on it somewhere.

Now as someone on here is quite prepared to shout it time and time again, I
AM NO GARDENER, that's my wife, beautiful garden derived from over 50 years
experience, but "I" would say lack of water.

Mike