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I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new
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"aardvark" wrote in message ... I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ... many thanks, all thoughts appreciaited It mostly flowers on the old wood, only occassional flowers on the new, the reason you are pruning it now is to try and make it form flowering spurs (like fruiting spurs on an apple tree) they look quite different and should not be removed (for obvious reasons!) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:04:30 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: "aardvark" wrote in message ... I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ... many thanks, all thoughts appreciaited It mostly flowers on the old wood, only occassional flowers on the new, the reason you are pruning it now is to try and make it form flowering spurs (like fruiting spurs on an apple tree) they look quite different and should not be removed (for obvious reasons!) Could someonoe spell this out for me please, I have just planted a wisteria (last Autumn) and inclined to chop it back a bit - well the long dangly things - just a bit ??? should I do it? thanks Janet |
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Janet Sanderson wrote:
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:04:30 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "aardvark" wrote in message ... I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ... many thanks, all thoughts appreciaited It mostly flowers on the old wood, only occassional flowers on the new, the reason you are pruning it now is to try and make it form flowering spurs (like fruiting spurs on an apple tree) they look quite different and should not be removed (for obvious reasons!) Could someonoe spell this out for me please, I have just planted a wisteria (last Autumn) and inclined to chop it back a bit - well the long dangly things - just a bit ??? should I do it? thanks Janet 2 about 6 inches now.. Except the ones you *Really don't want.* Then do framwork before it breaks bud in say, about feb.. Though if its new you won;t have to worry about that!-) // Jim |
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aardvark wrote: I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ... Normally, on the short (flowering shoots) produced the previous year. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Janet Sanderson" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:04:30 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "aardvark" wrote in message ... I'm pruning my wisteria - can anyone tell me, does it only flower on the new wood? I know about cutting back to two buds ... many thanks, all thoughts appreciaited It mostly flowers on the old wood, only occassional flowers on the new, the reason you are pruning it now is to try and make it form flowering spurs (like fruiting spurs on an apple tree) they look quite different and should not be removed (for obvious reasons!) Could someonoe spell this out for me please, I have just planted a wisteria (last Autumn) and inclined to chop it back a bit - well the long dangly things - just a bit ??? should I do it? Not now. In the autumn you cut *all* the new growth back to just above the second bud from its base. I know there are other pruning regimes, but that simple one kept my wistaria in a wonderful state for twenty years. If you prune too early, the plant will make sufficient new growth in the current season to make it necessary to repeat the process in the autumn. [Franz Heymann] thanks Janet |
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