Choosing a Wisteria
 

Can anyone please explain the difference between W.Sinnesis & W. Floribunda.
Also are there any particular recommended varieties I should look out for.

TIA
Andrew

Choosing a Wisteria
 

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:08:25 GMT, "Andrew Newton"
wrote:

Can anyone please explain the difference between W.Sinnesis & W. Floribunda.
Also are there any particular recommended varieties I should look out for.

TIA
Andrew

One twines one way, and one the other but I forget which!
My tip, buy one when it is in flower. I did 2 years ago and it has
flowered each year since. Mine is sinensis and I'm very pleased with
it.



Pam in Bristol

Choosing a Wisteria
 

On 6/4/07 22:56, in article , "Pam
Moore" wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:08:25 GMT, "Andrew Newton"
wrote:

Can anyone please explain the difference between W.Sinnesis & W. Floribunda.
Also are there any particular recommended varieties I should look out for.

TIA
Andrew

One twines one way, and one the other but I forget which!
My tip, buy one when it is in flower. I did 2 years ago and it has
flowered each year since. Mine is sinensis and I'm very pleased with
it.

I think W. floribunda has longer racemes and the leaves come out the same
time as the flowers. And you're right about one twining one way and the
other t'other way.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Choosing a Wisteria
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 6/4/07 22:56, in article ,
"Pam
Moore" wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:08:25 GMT, "Andrew Newton"
wrote:

Can anyone please explain the difference between W.Sinnesis & W.
Floribunda.
Also are there any particular recommended varieties I should look out
for.

TIA
Andrew

One twines one way, and one the other but I forget which!
My tip, buy one when it is in flower. I did 2 years ago and it has
flowered each year since. Mine is sinensis and I'm very pleased with
it.

I think W. floribunda has longer racemes and the leaves come out the same
time as the flowers. And you're right about one twining one way and the
other t'other way.

--
Sacha
These differences are minor compared to the major difference in size and
vigour, W. floribunda is a much smaller plant at a mere 40' W. sinensis can
get to 120' and bring down house fronts with the shear weight of it (I will
admit not many posters are likely to live long enough to have that problem!)
most named forms are from sinensis and almost all wisteria is grafted onto
sinensis roots anyway so you get a pretty vigorous plant what ever. I still
prefer to do my Wisteria floribunda from cuttings, it seems a much more
modest sized plant! (covered in buds at present)
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

Choosing a Wisteria
 

On 7/4/07 08:28, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:

snip
These differences are minor compared to the major difference in size and
vigour, W. floribunda is a much smaller plant at a mere 40' W. sinensis can
get to 120' and bring down house fronts with the shear weight of it (I will
admit not many posters are likely to live long enough to have that problem!)
most named forms are from sinensis and almost all wisteria is grafted onto
sinensis roots anyway so you get a pretty vigorous plant what ever. I still
prefer to do my Wisteria floribunda from cuttings, it seems a much more
modest sized plant! (covered in buds at present)

We certainly wouldn't plant a W. sinensis against the house again. It got
up into gutters, under roof tiles and lifted some of the tiles the side of
the house is clad with. It was a poor 'doer' anyway, so we were glad to see
the back of it. We've got one as a standard on the big lawn and want to put
in two more and I'd like at least one to be a W. floribunda. One doesn't
often see Wisteria grown as a standard but it's a lovely sight and while we
just bunged ours in, this site gives more info on how to do it:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0605/wisteria.asp

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Choosing a Wisteria
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 7/4/07 08:28, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:

snip
These differences are minor compared to the major difference in size and
vigour, W. floribunda is a much smaller plant at a mere 40' W. sinensis
can
get to 120' and bring down house fronts with the shear weight of it (I
will
admit not many posters are likely to live long enough to have that
problem!)
most named forms are from sinensis and almost all wisteria is grafted
onto
sinensis roots anyway so you get a pretty vigorous plant what ever. I
still
prefer to do my Wisteria floribunda from cuttings, it seems a much more
modest sized plant! (covered in buds at present)

We certainly wouldn't plant a W. sinensis against the house again. It got
up into gutters, under roof tiles and lifted some of the tiles the side of
the house is clad with. It was a poor 'doer' anyway, so we were glad to
see
the back of it. We've got one as a standard on the big lawn and want to
put
in two more and I'd like at least one to be a W. floribunda. One doesn't
often see Wisteria grown as a standard but it's a lovely sight and while
we
just bunged ours in, this site gives more info on how to do it:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0605/wisteria.asp

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
Isnt one chinese and the other japanese,i could be wrong.
keith

Curiously my sinensis 'alba' is much less vigorous than my floribunda 'harlequin', but it is planted in an especially dry spot. This year the sinensis started putting out its flowers ridiculously early, in March, and they have all been killed by the frost, of which we have had a lot over the last few weeks of clear skies. But my floribunda still hasn't flowered after 7 years and a lot of pruning and bending the shoots downwards. The advice to buy one that actually has a flower on it seems wise. We are thinking of ripping it out and trying again, in case there are another 15 years to wait. Sinensis 'alba' is nicely perfumed, which I think is not so common on wisteria.

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"Keith Kent" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 7/4/07 08:28, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:

snip
These differences are minor compared to the major difference in size
and
vigour, W. floribunda is a much smaller plant at a mere 40' W. sinensis
can
get to 120' and bring down house fronts with the shear weight of it (I
will
admit not many posters are likely to live long enough to have that
problem!)
most named forms are from sinensis and almost all wisteria is grafted
onto
sinensis roots anyway so you get a pretty vigorous plant what ever. I
still
prefer to do my Wisteria floribunda from cuttings, it seems a much more
modest sized plant! (covered in buds at present)

We certainly wouldn't plant a W. sinensis against the house again. It
got
up into gutters, under roof tiles and lifted some of the tiles the side
of
the house is clad with. It was a poor 'doer' anyway, so we were glad to
see
the back of it. We've got one as a standard on the big lawn and want to
put
in two more and I'd like at least one to be a W. floribunda. One
doesn't
often see Wisteria grown as a standard but it's a lovely sight and while
we
just bunged ours in, this site gives more info on how to do it:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0605/wisteria.asp

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
Isnt one chinese and the other japanese,i could be wrong.
keith

You are correct

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea