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Whats wrong with my Wisteria?
After a few very successful years, my wisteria is having a horrid spring.
It has a few leaves dotted all over, so I know it's alive, but instead of flowers it has a smattering of dry, husky catkin-like "flowers" - no bigger than acorns, all over. I didn't prune it at all in the last 12 months (shame on me). I thought they were meant to be pretty hardy - it's on a SE facing wall in Shropshire. Might this be the result of a late March/Early April hard frost, or is there something more sinster going on?? |
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Whats wrong with my Wisteria?
Could it just be short of water and a bit late coming into flower?
"Neale" wrote in message ... After a few very successful years, my wisteria is having a horrid spring. It has a few leaves dotted all over, so I know it's alive, but instead of flowers it has a smattering of dry, husky catkin-like "flowers" - no bigger than acorns, all over. I didn't prune it at all in the last 12 months (shame on me). I thought they were meant to be pretty hardy - it's on a SE facing wall in Shropshire. Might this be the result of a late March/Early April hard frost, or is there something more sinster going on?? |
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Whats wrong with my Wisteria?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... Could it just be short of water and a bit late coming into flower? That's what it sounds like to me. We're not a million miles from Shropshire and we've had an exceptionally dry spring until this last 10 days. Our Wisterias are lovely thanks ;~))) but in a much moister position than that of the OP. Rod |
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Whats wrong with my Wisteria?
"Neale" wrote in message ... After a few very successful years, my wisteria is having a horrid spring. It has a few leaves dotted all over, so I know it's alive, but instead of flowers it has a smattering of dry, husky catkin-like "flowers" - no bigger than acorns, all over. I didn't prune it at all in the last 12 months (shame on me). I thought they were meant to be pretty hardy - it's on a SE facing wall in Shropshire. Might this be the result of a late March/Early April hard frost, or is there something more sinster going on?? The leaf situation is normal, the flowers have almost certainly been caught by frost. Wisteria itself is very hardy (down to -30c) but the flowers are not, which is why they recommend growing them on south or west walls to protect from spring frost. Lack of water can cause flowers to fail but in that case they normally drop right off. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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