Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
[IBC] wisteria collecting...could it live?
Hello everyone!
This weekend, I was out with my dad and we decided to collect some wisteria. It has just began to bloom, and the scent was amazing. Anyway, we found an area that was covered in wisteria....you know how invasive it is...and I began to look for the "right" one. I was going to simply find a small one and dig it up. Then I saw a hill of growth and under further inspection I realized there was a nice looking treelike wisteria plant under it all. ( Not only was the "hill" produced by the wisteria "branches" but also by the most exasperating vine of them all....japanese honeysuckle). I pulled away all of the unwanted growth, chopped the branches some and my dad helped me get the roots out. It isn't really for bonsai, but I figure if it works out, I may want to use it in the future. It has a nice shape, not unlike the familiar mimosa trees with the pink flowers. It is about 3 feet tall and I have it planted in my yard awaiting this years growth. I plan to train it like a tree, possibly wiring the new growth to give a nice appearance and then letting the branches weep. I have seen wisteria being sold as "tree wisteria" and have seen them in yards lately, so I figured I would give it a try. The one thing which worries me is that the buds already had opened, though no leaves had opened. I know that wisteria is very hardy when it comes to this stuff and that they come very easily with cuttings. Is there anything I should/could do to further the chances of the top growth surviving? Last year I had pulled up some wisteria and plopped it in some sand, but it already had hardened leaves. The top died, but new growth came up from the roots. Do you think that my newly collected wisteria will do the same thing, or have I picked a much better time to collect? I appreciate any help you may be able to provide me with! Sam Williams Central Virginia, USA ( zone 6b-7a) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
[IBC] wisteria collecting...could it live?
Do you think that my newly collected wisteria will do the
same thing, or have I picked a much better time to collect? I appreciate any help you may be able to provide me with! Mulch the roots and give it LOTS of water/ Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Worm collecting farms - collecting/harvesting worms? | Edible Gardening | |||
Buy Live Fish Live Plants Live Food Online In Canada | Freshwater Aquaria Plants | |||
[IBC] New NABF Newsletter on Regional Bonsai in Canada [Was: (IBC) Collecting in National Fo | Bonsai | |||
[IBC] New NABF Newsletter on Regional Bonsai in Canada [Was: (IBC) Collecting in National Forest | Bonsai | |||
[IBC] Avoid Nothing (Was [IBC] Trees to avoid collecting or trying to work with !) | Bonsai |