Can I grow chinese wisteria in a container?

I want to train it on a deck pergola which is many feet off the ground.

Can I grow chinese wisteria in a container?
Not unless it is a VERY large container. Wisteria can grow very large and needs to be well anchored. However, just because your pergola is many feet off the ground doesn't mean that you can't grow wisteria on it. You could plant it in the ground and then "train" the plant (by staking) until it gets up to the pergola. You would do this by cutting off the side shoots until the top part gets up to the pergola. Once it get to the pergola, then you can train it over the wood.





However, make sure that you have a VERY sturdy pergola. Wisteria gets very heavy, even if you trim/thin it every year.





Good Luck!!