My smaller specimen some buds begin to plump up.
Wisteria Senisis Bonsai anyone?
Hi Beth, guess what? I'm now a proud owner of the concave pruner. lol, only haven't used it yet. :-)
Kim
I am totally captivated by both right now Turtle Beth. I can hardly wait to follow Kim's instructions and bring my Wisteria into the world of Bonsai☺☺LU
Lu,
Beth's expertise on this area is far surpassed mine. Hope she will guide the both of us. :-)
Kim
Another close up of some of the promising of Wisteria Senesis' buds.
Kim, I just thought I'd give you a good laugh at my one year old,waiting its chance to be a Star☺
Dear poor baby! But that's alright! Snow does "insulate" them dormant plant. Just about the time your wisteria about to bud out, (leave buds), or the temp. gets to be about 50'ish. I would prune them by 1/3. Yes, I would.
Kim
It is amazing how much ahead of zone 5b zone 7b is. I do see some itty bitty leaf buds on mine, about a quarter of the size of yours, if that, but good to know it is alive and growing under the snow☺ I am glad Beth is here as I have a feeling I am going to need all the advice I can get☺
A third,Oh lordy,I will if I can bring myself to do it,but don't you know zone 5b folks take all the growth they can get,LOL. It has leaf Buds right now,so it should start really popping soon,snow or no snow☺
Lu, I severely pruned this one last year prior to the budding out. And look, a month or so later. :-)
Ah, I also gave it a tripple phosphate fertilizer when I pruned the tree. That is the same as the one I posted on the top of this thread. :-) Look at those inflorescents. (flowers clusters). With Chinese Wisteria, the blooms come before the leaves buds.
Robert and I called our wisteria the vine that tried to eat Birmingham. My mother planted it with the idea that she would train it to a standard. Then she remarried, moved out and left me with her dog and her wisteria. I did a much better job taking care of the dog than I did the wisteria. As a consequence it came to resemble Twoie from 'Little Shop of Horrors'. I would slash it back twice a year, but it would have taken agent orange to really get rid of it.
I really admire the Wisteria bonsai but have no desire to create or own one. After all it might get loose.
Beth
As for my experience , it is to laugh. Most of it is book larnin' that I am only now putting into practice. I am sure that I am using most unsuitable plants, but, as I am doing this to please myself, I don't much care.
Today I did some first pruning on a Euonymous that I had picked up out of the half price block at Home Depot. By the time I removed all of the crossing branches, I realised that I had a wind swept Euonymous or maybe the start of a semi cascade. Not exactly what I had intended. I also started to cut back the Asian Jasmine with the idea that it would look good in a mame pot. It had lots of thin viney branches to prune. Kim, be very careful with those concave pruners. They are very sharp and well designed to cut. This is first hand knowledge, as I managed to prune a nice little cut into my left index finger. After that I seriously considered a buzz cut for the jasmine.
One thing that the jasmine has going for it is roots that hold the trunk above the soil line. I hope that it will produce blooms, but if it doesn't the lacquered look of the new leaves is very attractive. The site listed below should take you to an example of this plant as a mame bonsai.
http://mini-bonsai.com/c4/kongetsu-e/4_kongetsu_msg.html
I wish that I had more money to spend on all these neat and wonderful plants.
Have you checked out any of the kusamono sites yet? I admit to an incredible weakness for these plantings. At some European shows they have their own section in the programs.
Beth
Thanks Beth, for the link. This is all very exciting. I need to get move involved with my bonsai this year than last. So much to do, and spring is almost here. lol. Ohh, yes I'll be extra careful when handling the concave pruner. I've a couple Winter Jasmine to try out. They're quite large, even the dwarf kind, so mami pot may not be big enough? The rootmass is quite impressive on those. BTW; I've mistaken winter jasmine for Forsythia, in reality they're from different genera, go figure.
Kim
p.s. Beth, I think it's fun when we can explore with so many different type of plants for bonsai. Also, I found a best way to enjoy Wisterias is container culture for them, as I've mentioned on the above thread I posted last spring. :-)
So how do you get the wisteria bonsai started? Shall I take a cutting from mine now and root in water?
Would love to start a new thread just for the wisteria bonsai and make it a project for those interested with a good teacher to walk us through. ???
Candee
Candee;
Please initiate a new thread, I'm learning as I go. Beth (Turtle) can qualify as our teacher, I hope she will join in and help us. Other bonsai enthusiasts may find us and guide us along the way. I'm hoping, hoping.
Kim
Will do.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/818186/
Here is the thread for the bonsai wisteria class
The bonsai in training Wisteria is temporarily taken in for shelter for potential frost in our area.....Wisteria's blossoms can be easily frost bitten if caught in this stage.
My gosh Kim, that is beautiful. I do love ,so far, the way you are training it. I hope the fros will not ruin the outside Wisteria you have.
Lu, I'm glad you enjoyed that. The Wisterias outdoor they are a little later in putting out blooms. So they're a-okay. :-)
A little closer look at the 'stardard' Chinese Wisteria this spring. :-) Not fully bloomed out yet, but it's very close in matter of days.
And back outside, the now-miniature Chinese Wisteria today.
...and today Wisteria.
Kim, I passed the thickest stand of white wisteria running wild along interstate 280 on my way home from Birmingham today. I thought about you when I saw it.
Beth
Hi Beth,
Wisterias are in full bloom and are most beautiful here this time of year. Besides my Chinese Wisterias, my Japanese W. is also blooming for the first time this year. Another 6-7 years old vine that is trained to adorn my arbor on the back deck.
Beautiful! Couldn't find a wisteria plant at our local garden shop, so I decided to start one from seed...apparently takes 10 years to bloom from seed -_-.
If you wait until spring even the big box stores will have them at a fairly reasonable price.
Check out Kim's other thread on bonsai wisteria in this same forum.
Beth
Hello again to Wisteria Bonsai enthusiasts. Happy spring; once again Spring has arrived. How's your training of your Wisteria turned out? Here is mine: the beginning;
I tried to follow this tread but too much "stuff". I didnt have any success starting Wisteria from seed. Going to look at some big box stores. I would like to do a nice cascade style someday. Has anyone tried to propagate Wisteria?
The box store is your best bet, Dennis. My local nursery carry them too for less than 10 bucks a gallon size tree. The two 'bonsai' I'm working on are from box store (I think). They were blooming when I purchased them.
Propagating wisteria is as easy as propagate willow. They can be rooted in soil or water at any time of the year.