Tropicals & Tender Perennials: springtime in Mississippi, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Ada, I have read it can take up to 5 to 7 or so years for a wisteria to bloom. That is why you see alot of grafted ones. I would never buy a wisteria unless it was laready flowering. Life is too short to wait!

I found this online for you:
"Reluctance of wisteria to bloom abundantly is usually due to a lack of one or more of the following cultural requirements: full sun, good drainage, and light fertilization in the fall, not spring. Another essential is annual pruning, which can be done by shortening new shoots to five buds in summer. If a grafted or cutting-grown Chinese wisteria refuses to flower in three or four years after planting, or a Japanese wisteria is barren after about seven years, prune it heavily and fertilize with superphosphate. If this fails to produce blooms root-prune by driving a spade into the soil 24 inches from the trunk around the plant."

I am always looking for a deep purple one. Lots of people here have the one I really want, I just can't figure out which one it is. I buy one that I think it is, and then the next year, when in bloom it obvioulsy is not!

This is my pink one, about to open!