Change of direction...for wisteria

[Cadillactaste]

I like it. (not the photo, but the change) You should set up a nice little photo area.

I need to. Its windy as heck...and I think my phone fogged from being in my back pocket and taken out into the colder air.

Thanks...yes...new direction good...photo op...poor. Maybe something set up in greenhouse...hm-mmm. Food for thought.

 

[cmeg1]

Looks great,I like the option also without the top branch.
Will be stunning in flowering.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Looks great,I like the option also without the top branch.
Will be stunning in flowering.

Thanks!

 

[Cadillactaste]

Just as I thought...no blooms from cutting it back so hard. But such a better direction.

 

[cmeg1]

I Still say......will be absolutely stunning when it does flower! Something to work towards.
Is it Japanese or Chinese? Or looks like a graft huh.
Do you know the flower color?

 

[Cadillactaste]

Its bloomed before...it's an Asian variety... unsure which. A shade of purple. The graft isn't so bad...there are places on the trunk that makes it have character...that it ties in with those blemishes of bark actually. Making look like its weathered some storms.

 

[Cadillactaste]

@cmeg1
Here it is in bloom...but from who knows what there are imperfections in the bark along the trunk...which I like. But mimic the graft look. It will never be in a show...so...no concern.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Dang...this thing is back budding like mad! Guess its from the drastic pruning and direction I took. Got some solid advice to take with it...and am excited to see what next year brings. ?

 

[cmeg1]

Dang...this thing is back budding like mad! Guess its from the drastic pruning and direction I took. Got some solid advice to take with it...and am excited to see what next year brings. ?

Backbuds are always a great thing.Good for you!

 

[Cadillactaste]

This thing is going nuts! Taking the place where the Virgina Creeper used to sit. Full sun...will prune it back in July...

May have to duct tape a stake to the trunk...and tie up all those crazy tendrils running. (Going on some sound direction to allow to run until July.) When I have always pruned to shape as it grew.

 

[GrimLore]

This thing is going nuts!

I wanted to dig those monsters at the farm but the groundskeeper really cut them back hard earlier and now they are so big and full I will have to mark them in the Fall for cuts so I can next season - tough plants! Looks good and healthy - the dog looks like it thinks it might be tasty too

Grimmy

 

[Cadillactaste]

I wanted to dig those monsters at the farm but the groundskeeper really cut them back hard earlier and now they are so big and full I will have to mark them in the Fall for cuts so I can next season - tough plants! Looks good and healthy - the dog looks like it thinks it might be tasty too

Grimmy

So shaping and cutting back to a collectable size then? I recall seeing photos a while back.

Well LOOKIE there! It's Larry...his fetish is the weeping Ryusen leaves.

 

[GrimLore]

So shaping and cutting back to a collectable size then? I recall seeing photos a while back.

Well LOOKIE there! It's Larry...his fetish is the weeping Ryusen leaves.

Yes those Wisteria are monsters and so big already this season I would have a very difficult time finding the base on them. It does not help they are growing alongside the overflow drainage for the pond. It is Spring fed but the soil there requires barn boots and is easy to get stuck in

Larry - He was just interested in the photo bomb, and did great!

Grimmy

 

[Cadillactaste]

Yes those Wisteria are monsters and so big already this season I would have a very difficult time finding the base on them. It does not help they are growing alongside the overflow drainage for the pond. It is Spring fed but the soil there requires barn boots and is easy to get stuck in

Larry - He was just interested in the photo bomb, and did great!

Grimmy

I personally can't wait to see this bad boy collected. ?

 

[Cadillactaste]

Upon advice given to me by one many respect...I waited until July to prune the wisteria. In doing so...understand why many say they hide these trees behind their good one's.
Today....I forced myself to tackle this project.
There is a tree in that jungle.


There it is...more compact than previous years. In its commissioned Sonny Boggs pot.

 

[Cadillactaste]

How about a naked shot...

 

[Cadillactaste]

Jonas had an email that went out on pruning wisteria...we've got storms coming through all week. I'm keeping a close eye as to if any will be strong enough that I need to put them into storage. As of now...I'm good. But, this thing I left out in the last storm...until we got a severe alert of 2" hail and damaging winds across Ohio. What a ridiculous trek getting it into the greenhouse. So, taking his lead...pruned back. Removed one branch that crossed and always bugged me...for the most part you really had to be looking at one small window where it didn't cross. So ripped it off today as well. lol

This location...is great for just permitting it to grow wild...and not be in the way.

 

[Cadillactaste]

So my husband had kicked around, possibly getting himself a tree to work for bonsai. He gave that up rather quickly...with as much care as they need. As well as his issue with pruning. He's come along way...honest. But today, he asked what I've done...and I sent him pictures...and he states YOU KILLED IT

I'm thinking...he's not ready for his own tree...just yet. lol

 

[Cadillactaste]

Dormant...just a few angles of this one today.