Wisteria in a pot??

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I'd love to grow a wisteria up the side of a single storey wall, however there's no ground to plant it in. I do have a few very big pots, one of which would sit against a wall really well. Is it possible to grow wisteria in a pot against a wall, or do the roots need to be underground? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Failing that, any recommendations of climbing plants that would work well in said conditions.

I have a very large and healthy wisteria that has been grown in a plastic barrel thats is about a mtr tall (thinknwhsikwy or oil varies size). It came with the house so netsuke if it requires additional feeding as well as water but whatever previous owners did worked well!
I love wisteria as wall climbers.
Good luck!

Thanks Georgie! That sounds promising.

I have two in pots, the first one is apparently a small growing version, planted it in a large 40cm pot. It did well for a couple of years on a south facing wall. Last year the buds only opened half way and it appears to die, then it sent up shoots from below the graft.
I’ve replaced the whole thing with a more traditional variety in an even larger pot. It seems to be ok.
The first one I’ve repotted, the main root was dead, but the offshoots are alive and well. I’ve re positioned it in a partial shade area, wher it can grow into full sun, I await results, but don’t expect a lot.

@GeorgiePorge yes, anything in a pot for a long time will require additional feeding. Even though wisteria is a legume, and has a symbiotic relationship with a bacterium that can “fix” nitrogen from the air, it won’t be able to conjure up the other nutrients it needs.

@Beebumble2 as you no doubt know, the shoots below the graft will be from the rootstock, so not the same variety that you bought. Presumably why you’re not expecting much.

My father’s garden when he moved in had a peony with double heads the size of a large cabbage. Horrid things! I let the rootstock take over and now have more reasonable sized bowl shaped pink flowers with yellow stamens. Much nicer. For a while I has a witch hazel flowering in both autumn and spring till I realised the inferior autumn flowers were coming from the rootstock, and I got rid of them.

Yes, that is the reason I don’t expect much 😊, but I thought I’d see what happens. I can’t bear wasting plant life. Even my straggling seedlings get a chance in random pots around the garden!

They like their roots constricted so do fine in pots,we have one . An every green clematis works well too.

Brilliant! Thanks for the replies. I may well be back to ask for help regarding the support wires I'll need to attach to the wall.

Personally I'd grow a clematis as you have the coverage all year then. Wisterias are hit and miss as to if they'll take off or not one take years to get going. Once they do they don't stop !

A completely different option would be a fig. No flowers, but fruit and nice leaves and they're happy in pots

Ooooh a fig would be lovely!

Stodgystollen I'd love a fig tree but I'm a bit worried about fruit encouraging wasps, as it'll be near where my children will play.

Look at amethyst falls, it's a smaller wisteria - more of a small tree. It grows well in pots and still has the beautiful flowers.

@HamCob

Look at amethyst falls, it's a smaller wisteria - more of a small tree. It grows well in pots and still has the beautiful flowers.

This is the one that I've been looking at online. I'm glad I'm on the right tracks 👍