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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 |
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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 |
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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 http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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 |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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 |
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"Keith Kent" wrote in message news "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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 |
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