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encourages flowers to form at the base of each of these pruned shoots.I regularly hear of people whose wisteria won't flower, but my plant flowers very reliably. Perhaps growing it in a pot helps, along with correct pruning, and feeding with a high potash

hanging down soggily although where it has grown along the side of the house the flowers seem to have survived. It usually has a second flowering later in the year so hopefully it will come back Glad to hear that Wisteria will grow happily in a pot

Do the same rules apply to a wisteria that I have trained into a standard? Coming to the end of my first year in this garden. The Wisteria on the house wall flowered beautifully, but is a writhing, tangled mess, growing across windows and behind

, possible due to the weight of the Wisteria.  The Magnolia is still growing and flowering its just there are large gaps where the tree just hasnt grown. Picture:   https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2nu3a8olsasxz5/photo.JPG?v=0mwng   I would like to keep both

as the wisterias cover most of the front of my house!  If  any of them set seed, the pod looks a bit like a tough hairy runner bean pod and this will stay on the vine for months if you let it.   I don't think may people attempt to grow wisterias from seed - I

grafted plants not seed raised and they should flower the year. We bought Wisteria floribunda Alba from http//floraselect.co.uk and it flowered in the first year. what is the ideal pH number for your soil when growing vegetables please, I am a new boy

I would like to know if I can cut back my daughters wisteria now which is growing on her pergular outside her sitting room window. She moved to her new house a few months ago and it looks like the wisteria has been left to spread. It is so big

I am planning to plant a wisteria to grow up the front of my house.  I currently have one in my back garden which is called Lavender Lace but, although very pretty and scented, the flowers are very light in colour. As my house is painted a cream

Join Joe Swift as he plants a clematis at the base of a viburnum in the Berryfields garden, and offers planting and mulching tips.May-JuneMore advice on growing climbing plantsPotting on sweet peas, Sarah RavenConstructing a rustic trellisMaking a

Plant out container-grown roses and shrubsFork compost into flower beds to prepare soil for summer beddingTie in new growth on climbing plants, such as clematis, wisteria and honeysuckle, to supportsPick off faded flowers from camellias, azaleas