AusBonsai

Hello Gang!

Some time ago I purchased a Japanese Wisteria. I got it from a nursery who primarily used it for taking cuttings and eventually selling them. When I bought it, it was cut down to bonsai-ish size. The first year I had it, sure enough it flowered well.

My mum liked the tree so much I gave it to her. So out of the pot and into my mums back garden it went. It has grown profusely for about a year and a half. During that time we didn't see any flowers...does anyone have any ideas why?

Also, can anyone please tell me the difference between flower buds and I guess 'leaf' buds?

Thank you

there is a thread somewhere with pic showing the difference between the leaf and flower buds...

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11597&start=15

Awesome!! thanks Paddles!!!

Still...anyone know why the flowers have done a Houdini on me?

Plants that are growing fast put most of the energy into growth and waste very little in flowers.
When you planted it into the ground it essentially reverted back to a young, juvenile plant that needs to grow into a big one before it can mature and settle down to reproduction. After a couple of years of fast growth it should start to produce mature, flowering shoots again.

my wisty flowered just once this year in summer, but i had about 6 rows of flowers. she is only now loosing her leaves
so im quite happy. hope that helped a little.

Hey Bill,

Japanese wisteria need lots of sun & constant pruning to encourage flowering, if allowed to grow freely in a landscape flowering is sparse or non existant.

I have a large one that failed to flower in the landscape for about 15yrs, after a season & a bit of constant pruning it had its first flower last november and has loads of flower buds ready for this spring.viewtopic.php?f=132&t=5475&hilit=dragon

Let it fatten up then dig for bonsai again

Matt