what to do with wisteria, so it will bloom i hope next year?

Question

she is in my garden 2 yrs and groving like crazy, but no flowers.

Answer 1

Wisteria needs regular pruning to control its rampant growth and to encourage flowering. In the North, 2 prunings should suffice. In the South, more frequent pruning- up to 5 or 6 times- in necessary to keep this vine under control.

In summer, prune all long, straggly stems except the ones needed to climb. Also shorten the lateral stems. Cut back by one-third to one-half when pruning.

In late winter, cut back shoots pruned last summer to two or three buds. Cut back any long shoots after last summer's pruning.

Fertilize lightly or not at all. Wisteria may take from 3-7 years to produce the full flowering effect you desire. It also can be trained from a vine into a dwarf tree habit by braiding the new vines together into one large one, although this takes a support cage until the vine "trunk" is strong enough to support itself. Good luck!

Answer 2

The best thing you can do is be patient!! But after many years mine, well at least one of them and they are side by side, started blooming after we put a patio in next to it and injured its roots. If you have the courage to go around and stick a shovel into its roots to make it think it is going to die, it will send out flowers (flowers = seeds) to make sure the species is carried on. I know this sounds like I am making it up but it is true. However one of mine still doesn't bloom while the other is covered each spring in flowers. I can't do this to the second one because a patio is already there and didn't bloom when we put it in. Go figure!

Answer 3

Sorry to break it to you, but wisteria can take up to 7 years to grow before it will start blooming. A friend of mine grew up in the South and brought one up here when they moved here. It was HUGE before it ever started blooming. She swears it started blooming right after she said she was going to cut it down if it didn't bloom that year...try that, threaten it. :)