Wisteria tree planted 8 years ago, zone 3-4 has not produced a single bloom. How to make tree produce blooms?

Tree is planted on the east side of my home and is trained over a trellis. Grows like crazy but no blooms. Live in Oscoda(northeast Michigan) which is zone 3 or 4 depending on who you talk to. I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. Thanks so much. Kim K

Wisteria tree planted 8 years ago, zone 3-4 has not produced a single bloom. How to make tree produce blooms?
You can try planting a second wisteria for cross polination.


This will encourage the plant to produce flowers.


The second plant does not need to be close to the other one.


You can plant it in another area of your yard.


Good luck.
Reply:It may not have the right minerals in the dirt for blooming. Check with your local gardening center. You may try "beating the bush." Seriously, to make apple trees and such produce fruit, you beat the tree. Use a sturdy stick, bat or newspaper and whack you tree. Do not hit to the point of breaking or denting the bark, but just enough to shake the tree and the limbs. Whack it all the way around the trunk and see if it helps. Learned this from Jerry Baker/x officer now pro gardner. He is a whiz in this area.
Reply:So long as Wisterias are happy, they have no incentive to bloom (a prelude to reproducing). I've heard you need to stress the plant. Withhold feeding, even pruning the roots may be necessary.
Reply:I pruned my wisteria last fall and this spring it produced triple the blooms. But its a young plant and may just be reaching its peak, mature stage.





I think you should maybe research pruning methods.
Reply:Frankly wisteria is a terrible plant. It is extremely invasive and will virtually grow over everything in its path. As for blooms...they make a huge mess and then you have an overabundance of seeds and then your whole yard is growing wisteria and you will end up like Jack-In-The_Bean-Stalk. Do yourself a favor now...cut it down and paint it with Round-Up. Plant Something else that is NOT invasive. Clematis for example.
Reply:I thought Wisteria was a Parasitic vine?





-HtJ
Reply:It takes usually 10+ years for Wisteria to bloom.
Reply:I had the same problem,and I found out that it needed some acid,,so as we live in the country,,I couldn't drive to town at the time ,,so I use the ashes from my wood stove,mix in with some soil more ash then soil,,then I dug some of the old soil of from top,,away from the wisteria,,then I put the ashy soil in place,,and watered it well,,watered quite often so that acid gets down to roots,,in a couple of weeks,,I could tell the difference already,,but there may be an easier solution for you,,,good luck,,am happy with mine now
Reply:I have never raised wisteria but I have serval friends that love them. It sometimes takes 15 years for the blooms even if you have done everything right. Try LIGHTLY pruning and see if that will make a differnece. If you don't want to chance that then be patient. It will eventualy bloom and you will be rewarded for your hard efforts.
Reply:I do not know what planting second plant for cross pollination will accomplish if the first plant has never bloomed! Pollination is what happens AFTER a plant flowers. This promotes the production of seeds. Anyway, I have the same problem and all I ever hear is it could take 7 to 15 years for the darn thing to bloom. Wish someone had told me that before I bought it!
Reply:Use a product called triple super phosphate... enhances blooming.