Wisteria flowers??

Question

My husband had a daughter from a previous relationship that he lost. Her name was Wisteria.

We have two daughters of our own now, and to keep her memory alive for them, I have been thinking about planting some wisteria flowers.

I was wondering what kind of climate these flowers need to survive in and if anyone had some general information about them.

Thanks!

Answer 1

i live in zone 8 (arkansas) mine do wounderful. I know that you would not want to plant them by a house because these are a vine and there stalks get as big as tree truck and will take over what ever you have them climb up. I am training mine to be a tree and that take several years to do. if you want to do that you will have to keep them staked for about two years pruning the ends because they grow very fast untill the base gets big enough to support the top. if you do this you will not have flowers for about 2 to 3 years. if you want just for them to be a vine just make sure that you plant them on something sturdy and away from anything that it can take over such as a porch, house, shed, ect. don't let them go crazy, keep them pruned as needed. other than that they are a wounderful site with beautiful flowers. they will also have seeds that come off of them. you can open them up and plant them as well to have more. good luck and your idea is wouderful.

Answer 2

They are very adaptable, mine are growing in a climate that has peaks of 41 deg. C and winters of -5 deg C.

To grow well they like a bit of fertilizer (they are gross feeders), a bit of water and the most important thing - a heavily built trellis or pergola to grow on. They are very robust and strong when they get going. There are some in Australia over 100 years old.

I have never heard of a male wisteria, but many take a long time to flower, depending on the variety and some individual plants seem to take a long time before their initial flowering. They are all frost hardy.

Check out different varieties before you purchase and check to see if some varieties flower earlier. I have Wisteria Floribunda Macrobotys because I wanted long racemes of flowers and perfume and it was very slow to flower - years, but friends have
the common blue Wisteria Floribunda and if flowered after 2 years and it has a great perfume. They come from Korea, Japan, China and America so they are obviously very adaptable climate wise. Good luck sounds like a great idea.

Answer 3

They usually grow in milder climates,but I was a landscaper in Iowa for four years and had a client that grew them.They may take several years to bloom after planting them,but it is worth the wait because they look and smell lovely.Make sure to give them the right kind of fertilizer.Read some books specifically about growing wisteria,or contact your counties Master Gardener.That is a very thoughtful idea by the way.

Answer 4

Sorry to hear about your husband's daughter.

I lived in Missouri and planted a young Wisteria vine. Yes, they are a vine but very beautiful. What I did with mine was trained it into a tree. The vine needs to be pruned to have only a few main branches and they must be supported for several years so to gain strength in the branches and the main trunk. Pruning every year is a must. Ask your nurseryman/woman for help. I am sure they can help you achieve a very unusual tree. My Wisteria tree was the show stopper in my garden.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Zones 4-8 are ok to grow the wisteria's. go to google and look up gardening zones.

The generaly survive in climates with low's in the 30's to highs in the 90's.

When you plant the tree give it alot of space for future growth, unless you plan on trimming it to fit within the space you have for the tree.Make sure that you support the tre with a tree stake so it grows up nice and straight.

Answer 6

I lived in CA and they grow very well there. They are a vine, but can be trained to grow freestanding like a tree.

In CA they can grow abundantly - so regular pruning every year is a MUST.

Also, while most are shades of purple/lavendar - they also are available in white and I think pink.

Best of luck!

Answer 7

Well I think it is more like a vine. Plant it so it can grow and wrap around something. If you plant it next to a tree I think it will strangle it.

Answer 8

I am growing one in USDA zone 10, doing great. It is near my entryway and smell wonderfull when in bloom, which is from early March and continues sparsely until October!

Answer 9

BUY FROM A REPUTABLE GARDEN SHOP. YEARS AGO I BOUGHT ONE THROUGH A MAIL ORDER CATALOG (A VERY REPUTABLE ONE) SEVEN YEARS LATER STILL NO FLOWERS, A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT, THE SAME. COME TO FIND, IT WAS A MALE PLANT AND THEY DON'T FLOWER.

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria

It is commonly found in the Southern US. Please be careful with this as it is considered a non-native invasive species.