Wisteria tree...how to train/prune?

I want to make a wisteria tree. I already have a wistera that has grown up and around my husbands moving dolly...


So it does have a good foundation, 'cause there aint no way I'm ever gonna get it out without hackin' the whole plant down. Anyway, It's got all kinds of vines in all different dirctions. It is about as tall as I would like a tree.


I saw one the other day and stopped and asked how they did it because it was awesome. It didn't have any support. But it was kinda like a rhody when you prune about 1-2 feet off of everything on the bottom of it.


Anywayz, when I stopped and asked them how they did it..they had no idea..they bought the house with it.


It was about 3-4 feet tall and hanging all over was white blooms, draping down almost to the ground. And in the very middle was a splash of purple wisterila.. HOW DO I DO IT?

Wisteria tree...how to train/prune?
I grew one of these, picking one of my existing vines that had a fairly straight trunk. All I did then was to trim off all the side shoots until it reached the height I wanted, and then I let it bush out. It was doing fine till it rotted from under the ground thanks to ants. :-(
Reply:Good luck, but I don't think you will need any. Report It

Reply:Hi, My parents have one of the best wisteria porches in Connecticut, the also bought the house with it already, try tying a strin or plant twine to the area where you want it to grow, it will follow like a weed up that string, theirs is along the whole front porch of the house, I have had to redo the porch in some spots because it has just taken over, and very heavy, but beautiful purple flowers, just about now as a matter of fact, they hang to the ground,
Reply:Wisteria is normally a vine and incredibly invasive. If you do not keep it in check it WILL take over. If you've already got one I would say keep trimming the vines back. (This is a guess on my part.) It would seem to me, the more you trim it, the thicker the "trunk" will become for that's where the energy will go. But keep a watch on it because it's a very fast grower and will find it way in cracks in bricks, under siding, under the roof, you name it, it'll go there. Beautiful and fragrant and one of those Chinese invaders.

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