Wisteria in my growing zone?

I live in the Flathead Valley in Montana and would like to grow a Japanese Wisteria. The variety that has fragrance and grows quite large. Is that possible? I have sand for soil.

Wisteria in my growing zone?
Hello,





I live south west coastal BC and have had a great success with Chinese wisteria. Japanese will also do well here. Both like slightly acidic soild 6.0 -7.0 ph.





Full sun is recommended; however, mine gets south east exposure, roots face east, and since growing like godzilla the, top covers our garage and gets full benefit of sun. Our soild is not ideal either, I live slightly below sea level by the Fraser River - somewhat wet until summer. But, beautiful large, dripping, mauve fragrant flowers in spring, ahhhh well worth the initial worry.





Chinese or Japanese needs a hole 2 - 3 feet diameter hole dug for planting. You will need a strong support system for the plant. It can get very heavy. We (me) cut ours back several times a year (on a nasty ladder), once after the first flowering, and whenever it gets too leggy. Hard pruning very early in spring.





Can grow 15 - 25 feet in one year! Not huge clumps, trendills mostly. If kept pruned, will repeat blooming, once established well. Feed sparingly.





Good luck and have fun!





If you have problems, check out web. I have never had difficulty, and have grown 2 from seed. Crazy, nuts here.
Reply:Wisteria is more like a big weed it should grow there fine it needs a sunny protected site there. For a trellis or arbor for it try


www.traderoutesnw.com
Reply:In order to best answer this question, we'd need to know what USDA hardiness zone you are in.


As Fidel answers, I think you'll be in for some trouble, if he located you correctly. Definitely verify your hardiness zone.





I recommend this web site as an excellent resource for information on Wisteria and other vines.


www.premiumplants.net





Good luck


I hope that this helps
Reply:I believe that Montana has a USDA hardiness zone of either 3 or 4, meaning the winters are especially harsh. A Japanese Wisteria is rated for a zone of 5-9. If you were on the western side of the Rockies, it would be no problem to grow, but being on the eastern side, I think you'd have great difficulties.
Reply:They thrive in well-drained soils. I'm not sure where in Montana Flathead Valley is; they're recommended for the far Western states.