That is strange Kell, maybe a pink wisteria virus?? I've never seen the other colors here, that I know of, only the purple. Did you know that some varieties take 7 years or more to bloom?? I'll try to get photos of the wisteria, tho it will be difficult on the highway, but I know a place in town that might work...
inca queen
Kell, that wisteria is so lovely. Is that the one that died? I'm so sorry. I wonder what could have caused it. I am wondering if mine will develop root rot with all this rain we are having. They are in huge 25-gallon containers, and the soil is completely saturated, and they are too heavy to move.
Here is my pink from last year. It is showing no signs of life when all of my other wisterias are starting to leaf out so I am a little concerned with this pink one.
The date of these pictures is in June so I see that it bloomed in June of last year. This was taken with a camera which wasn't very good.
Thanks Sherry! I will be waiting patiently! Or maybe not so patiently! LOL
Clare, your pink is like what mine was. A beauty!!
Yes, it is dead. A very fast death. I train mine into trees, I have no room for more vines. Is there any way you can tip your pots over on their side? I do that with my brugs when I think they are about to turn to mush from the rain. I know some of mine every year are late to show signs of life. Then they finally open. I usually break off a twig to check for green just to make me stop worrying!
OK, now thinking of Wisteria is getting me all hot and bothered. LOL. Here is my white venustra from last sring!
Oh, I have seen the white wisteria, I'd totally forgotten...
LOL, Kell. Wisteria is pretty great. I like mine trained as trees too. Your white venustra is breath-taking.
LOL, again! I do the same thing to check to see if my wisterias are still alive! When you pulled out the dead wisteria from its container, what did the roots look like? Were they mushy? Root rot is the only thing that I can think of that might do a wisteria in. That is so strange and sad.
Here are two standards up against a trellis/arbor. I've since moved them because the magnolias grew quite a bit and shaded this whole area. I had to pull vines down from the magnolia trees because the wisteria vines were climbing them.
Kell, Big Dipper Farms has 7 different Wisterias. I didn't look to see how old of plants they are. They also have the white. Someone had a scarlet one. I don't know if it was definitly a wisteria but it sure looks like it. He sent me some seeds for it.
Do you want to try them?
Jeanette
yes, inca queen is a sanguinea. i didn't smell any fragrance. i got mine from a friend up north. not sure where hers came from. and i think the buds dried up because it warmed up for a week or two and got too much sun and inconsistent watering. so i moved them to the side of the house where it's shady. hopefully new buds will develop soon!
You will have fun cross pollinating them. Be careful though that they do not self pollinate before you can cross pollinate, Mary.
Sorry Jeanette, I did not see your kind offer. I normally would love them esp. if they are scarlet, but wisteria take 11 to 15 years to bloom from seed. The rate I am going if I am still here, I will have forgotten what they are by then! LOL