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keith kent wrote:
Hello All , i have a Wisteria that is growing on a pergola it has been
there for 5 years , it faces west and is established and flowering size .
After the hot weather we had end of May it suddenly looked like it wilted
,every leaf.So i gave it a good soaking but it hasn`t picked up and the
leafs are starting to dry up .
I have a Wisteria standard in a oak barrel which is only about 3m away
which is totally fine .
Any ideas folks ,i live in Nottingham ,UK

Regards Keith

About 5 years ago my wisteria started flowering and then the flowers stopped
opening. Ditto the leaves. It got worse and worse and eventually I dug
down to find the main stem had rotted just below soil level (maybe graft
failure, but maybe not). For the next couple of years it threw up suckers
and the leaves opened and then shrivelled. Last year the leaves stayed
open. This year it has grown again like mad, and had a few flowers. I am
unsure as to whether or not these are the same as the original ("Amethyst").
It has continued to grow and has multiple stems extending to nearly 10
metres. Next year, when it flowers I will compare it with an Amethyst in
flower in a garden centre.

I still have no diea what caused the problem and how or why the wisteria got
over it.


Its good to hear there may be hope for these plants, I will tell people
to give it time!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea