Collected Wisteria frutescens

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Collected at the fence of a farm.

 

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I don't know where the big stump is but the farm hand was just ripping up these 3" thick runners all along the fence with the scarifier on his tractor. I could have taken many more but I wouldn't know what to do with them.

 

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I am still hoping for buds higher up. I would like to keep some of that arching trunk (not the whole thing because there is no taper). I am giving it another month. After that, the trunk will be chopped to the lowest thriving branch.

 

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I decided to cut away the section I don’t want. Reading the rings shows the tree is much older than I thought.