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vineman,I can handle two or a dozen.What ever you can spare.My address is

Glenn Wilder
P>O>Box 367
Comfort,Texas,78013

ThaNK YOU VERY MUCH.

Infor on the Wisteria. I have one that I just bought last year. Planted it out more in the middle of the yard and very good thing.......it grows fast. Will choke a dog if it's napping, it grows that fast LOL. DO NOT plant it too close to your house or other buildings....will take siding, shingles, gutters and anything else right off your buildings and the roots will spread under your house and then you will have foundation problems : - ( Not a good thing. A Wisteria will need a very strong arbor to grow up on and for support but is a beauty anyway. If you are careful on where you plant it should have no problem. It likes the sun as well. I live in Texas and mine is really doing great. Good like to the rest of you on yours. Vineman, sounds like you have alot of work to do out there. I had just moved to the country a few months ago so need to get my ground ready so that I will be able to plant some things come this fall.

oh yes
definitely don't plant too close too the house
a friend told me that the roots of theirs went up and under and around and through the foundation. the had to dig away the plant and fix the foundation to remove it. but oh my is it beautiful. have a great spot picked out. thank you vine man no more ugly green fence soon!

You see, this is what I've been telling you people, but does anyone listen to me, NO. Maybe you'll all listen to CoCo and guynh. For some reason I doubt it. If the wisteria like their new homes (you are all willing to give them), they will grow and grow and grow. Then you will try to control the growth. Then, and only then, you will realize what you've done. You will realize that by trying to control it's growth, the only thing you sucessfully did was encourage the growth of, not just a very invasive plant, but one that can "react", if you will, to various "environment stimuli". This sucker can move and we're pretty sure it thinks.

Most plants don't move, this one can. Trust me. If you attack it on one side,it will grow in the other direction. If you cut off the high parts, it will spread faster horizontally. If you dig up and chop off the roots, it will send out "runners" above and below ground, to look for a new home nearby. It can climb trees, cross roads, and pull down wires. If you whack straight into a patch of it, it will circle back, and try to get behind you. There are three times, I remember quite clearly ,when it litterally tried to grab the rake, the brushcutter, and then a pair of lopping shears from my hands. It will form alliances with thorn bearing plants to stifle your attempts at harming it. The ground beneath you becomes a basketweave of roots, making it almost impossible to dig with a shovel. In my five years of working against this formidable foe, I concede the best I can hope for is to keep it cut back. When I die, it will move back in, and reclaim what it believes, rightfully belongs to it.

Be afraid my friends, be very afraid.

lol vineman - I dont think I'll have that problem, we dont have a very long growing season, I havent heard of them taking over in this regoin. But then again, you might have a special strain??? "return of the killer wisteria"

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I am laughing and crying all at the same time over this saga. You see - I am just waiting to see what happens next - right here - right where TWO wisterias were "superficially" taken out with a chain saw a little over a month ago. Had I KNOWN what this plant could do, it would have NOT been planted on the arbor right over the front door 13 years ago! I say "superficially" because I know that under the leaf litter (those leaves NEVER decompose, by the way), that the force is gathering!!! In fact, I wonder if the 6.8 earthquake here in the Pacific Northwest - back on 2/28/01 - might not have been the work of the underground committee!!! It IS a lovely plant - when it is planted in the right place - and when the owner of said plant has a clear understanding of how to manage this plant on steroids. Best wishes to all!!!

If you have any wisteria left I'd like some.

What would you like in trade/postage?

5715 w. Paul Bryant Dr.

Crystal Rier, FL 34429-7523

UGH!(sigh)I knew they wouldn't listen.Good grief.I'll add your names and addresses to the list of those already waiting for "IT".

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You guys are TOO funny!