Wisterias

[Diane]

I have about fifteen Wisterias

I can see how these could become addictive, stunning!

[Shannon]

Beautiful Hacki, the second pic has great movement.

[kcpoole]

I have been waiting for you to post you care guides so I can lift it and up date the Wisteria page in the wiki, Hope you don't mind

Check it out here https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... e=Wisteria

Thanks Hackimoto

Ken

[Hackimoto]

That's great Ken. I didn't think that you would transfer the bit about the old cows teeth as well.
That actually happened when I was teaching a class years ago and I mentioned using "old cow manure" one of the people in the class asked "How do you know if the cow was old?" So that was the answer that I gave.

[nealweb]

Here's mine, just the tiniest bit of green showing in the top buds now...

[kcpoole]

That sure is a lovely trunk Neal, Have you thought about wiring the lower branches out flatter to provide a wider platform for your flowers?

Ken

[marleey73]

This is very nice Neal how big is this wisteria and the pot, pics can be decieving. Would love a pic when it comes into leaf.

[nealweb]

Hey Ken, thats might be an idea. I left them rising to keep the flowers up off the ground a bit but its in a deep pot now and there's plenty of room I think (not seen it flower yet).

Hey Marlee, just can't find the damn tape anywhere but its in a square pot thats approx 100mm deep and maybe 180 across and the tree stands about 500mm above pot rim.

[MattA]

I have been looking forward to seeing some pics of your Wisteria, who cares what the pot is like when they put on such a great display

The growth you have had on Jako since grafting is fantastic, I might have to give mine a better spot in the garden. I am surprised you say they are 3wks early, I have just updated the thread on my large one & looking at last year it is spot on the same time...

[nealweb]

That sure is a lovely trunk Neal, Have you thought about wiring the lower branches out flatter to provide a wider platform for your flowers?

Ken

Actually having just seen Matt A's monster I quite like the ascending branches with the pendulous flowers. Very graceful. Like a big umbrella

[Hackimoto]

The next in a procession of flower times.
Wisteria floribunda "Carnea" I think. The 3rd pic is with sinensis for comparison of colour and raceme length.

[bodhidharma]

You have some lovely movement through the trunk Hack It looks quite large too . Gosh, my Wisteria have not even popped yet.

[Hackimoto]

Thanks Bodhi, I bought that one about 27 years ago from the local nursery and it didn't flower again for about 10 yrs.
Two more species to go Shiro Kapitan and the American one, Wisteria fruitescens , when they come into flower.

[Rintar]

very inspiring the lot happy to say i have 3 all salvaged from one site that are definitely alive 4 others that may be and none flowering yet but i only salvaged them a few months back

cheers J

[Hackimoto]

Here is the last variety of the season to flower. It is the American Wisteria (wisteria frutescens 'amethyst falls') The whole raceme of flowers is about the size of a golf ball and comes out later than the others, from mid spring, and can be flowering right through summer if trimmed back regularly. The scent is rather sweet/musky and I'm not sure if it is pleasant or not. I've had this species less than a year so it is still just a stock plant but I'm going to try to graft it onto an old W, sinensis stump to get something more suited to Bonsai.