How do you check to see wheather a decidious plant (specificly tree or vine) is still dormant?

I recently bought a couple wisterias and I planted them in the ground about a week or two ago and they're yet to begin growing.


How long (on average) does it take for a wisteria to come out of dormancy and is there any means by which I could accelerate its growth out of dormancy? Oh, and the plants I bought were two year old, dormant, and bare root wisterias.

How do you check to see wheather a decidious plant (specificly tree or vine) is still dormant?
If you only planted your bare root Wisteria a week or two ago, have patience and don't panic yet.:) It will start growing when it's ready to.


It's normal for a bareroot plant to take a bit of time to get thier roots settled and begin to show new growth. Plants sold bareroot have been in cold storage and in the dark.





You don't need to do anything to accelerate it's growth out of dormancy and there's nothing you could do about it anyway.





The length of time it takes for a plant to break dormancy has to do with where you live and your temperatures. Cooler temperatures will increase the time it will take to start showing growth just as warmer temperatures will speed it up.


I'm from central Ohio and I have a mature Wisteria at least 10 years old that has not broken dormancy yet. Hope this helps.
Reply:They need full sun 6 hrs. a day and moist soil about 1 inch of water per week. Fertilize now and dig about them to ariate the soil. Trim off all but strongest leader stem support it on a sturdy trellis and hope for the best. Hope that helps!
Reply:Alright... very good question. First I agree with the previous answerer. Scrape the bark with your finger nail in a small area, if it's green (watery too) the plant is still alive.





Dormancy is a harder question. That depends on where you're at in the country. Here in USDA hardiness zone 5, the Wisteria is still quite dormant. In a warmer zone (higher #) they might not be.





If you buy a plant bare root/ mail order, sometimes allowing the plant to soak overnight in water helps it 'rehydrate', and break dormancy more quickly.





I hope that this helps


Good luck-
Reply:To find out if a plant is still "live" scatch the wood part with your finger nail it should be green under the wood. If not it's a gonner.