General Discussion & Chat: Best/ worse/ ? did you learn today #79 visit with friends..., 1 by Sharran

Sharran wrote:
Betty, as to your wisteria......
There are a couple of kinds, and mine is American wisteria, sometimes called KY wisteria. It is the kind that does not send out spreaders from the root as much as the other kind.

Judy is right, I did start it from a little sprig, I started two at the same time, the one that did best I started against an old upright pole that was one end of a clothesline, very sturdy. As it grew, I kept wrapping each vine around itself, till it got to the top of the pole, then I let it hang over from there. Every year as it sends out runners, I again wrap them around the trunk of the first one and around the pole. Then a couple or three times a year, I trim it back so that it gets thicker at the top. It doesn't bother anything, just seems happy to grow up wrapped around itself. The one in front which is the same age, I started around a broom handle, after a while the broom handle rotted, so I never replaced it, just allowed the tree to wrap around itself. Its structure is not as pretty, but it is also beautiful when it blooms.

Think I have a photo of the trunk....