Not every garden can fit a huge climbing plant, which some garden owners may regret. Even if your garden is rather small, you still don't have to go without wisteria. Simply choose a tall specimen.
How do I grow a wisteria stem for small gardens?
To beautify a small garden with wisteria, you can use a tall specimen. Grow it in a bucket and protect it from frost. Prune and fertilize carefully and expect flowering after a few years.
How does a wisteria grow naturally?
The wisteria is a strong-growing and lushly flowering climbing plant. If it feels comfortable, it will grow to around eight to ten meters tall, depending on the variety you choose. Its flower spikes reach a length of a good 30 centimeters. However, wisteria does not grow as well in the shade and it does not bloom there.
Training the wisteria into a tree
It is best to use a grafted wisteria, as it blooms earlier than a non-grafted one. Nevertheless, you will have to wait a few years for the first flowering. First you have to train your wisteria, i.e. bring it into the desired shape. The necessary pruning prevents flowering for the time being.
At least in the first few years you should cultivate your wisteria as a stem in a pot, because it is only hardy when it is older. Water the young plant sufficiently so that the root ball does not dry out. On the other hand, it is advisable to use fertilizer sparingly; too much of it causes the shoots to sprout unnecessarily and weakens your wisteria.
Does wisteria as a stem need winter protection?
The best way to protect a wisteria in a pot from frost is on all sides, including from below. Because in the bucket there is always the risk that the roots could freeze. Then you will inevitably miss the wisteria that was designed with a lot of effort. If, on the other hand, only a few young shoots are frozen, then no major damage will be caused.
The most important things in brief:
- Education in a bucket possible
- Protect well from frost
- cut back in a targeted manner
- water and fertilize carefully
- Flowers only after a few years
Tip
A wisteria grown as a stem is also very decorative on a balcony.
