Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #98, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Just off the top of my head, isn't wisteria one of those plants that people just ignore, and then they bloom wonderfully? You're probably being too good to them, Debra.

Let them grow lots of leaves in spring, then as the weather gets hotter, gradually withdraw watering to just enough so they don't wilt. i.e. stress 'em a bit.

Worked for me in Salt Lake City . . . dryer air there than you have, though. I coddled the vine for its first two years, and had no flowers. Then I had a summer where I had to go to Canada to take care of my mother, and the whole garden got neglected. Automatic watering once a week, that's all. Guess what? Gorgeous wisteria blooms all over. I left it alone from there on out, and it was fabulous.

Haven't tried wisteria since we moved to Florida - when you got passionvines, who needs 'em!