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After SEVEN years my wisteria has finally burst into bloom

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Blogdog · 19/05/2023 08:47

I’m ridiculously happy about it. Feels like raising a difficult child and finally seeing them leave home :)

After SEVEN years my wisteria has finally burst into bloom
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Jericha · 19/05/2023 08:48

Yay congratulations. I'm still waiting on mine to one day pleasantly surprise me. Yours is beautiful!

pilates · 19/05/2023 08:53

how lovely

Chasingsquirrels · 19/05/2023 08:55

Beautiful!

CandyflossKid · 19/05/2023 08:58

Our wisteria took 21 years to finally bloom - it's been flowering now for 4 years and this year is the best yet - its just 'dripping' with flowers!
It's my favourite thing in the garden

Ragwort · 19/05/2023 08:59

Wonderful .. our's took just as long, my DH was about to give up on it but the last couple of years it has been beautiful.

We had a magnificent wisteria all over our previous house ... I was so disappointed to see that the people who bought it from us chopped it down Sad.

TullyHart · 19/05/2023 09:09

This makes my heart sing!

No experience of growing wisteria so I had no idea it didn't bloom from the start, but a display like that is such a thing of beauty. From my bedroom window I overlook a row of cottages that have amazing wisteria every year and I have a little moment appreciating the view every time I open the blinds in the morning. Simple things ❤️

BitOutOfPractice · 19/05/2023 09:10

Oh congratulations! Wisteria has to be one of the most cheering sights ever doesn’t it?

rainraingoawaay · 19/05/2023 09:12

That is absolutely beautiful!!! I had no idea it took so long to bloom, definitely worth the wait 😊

AlisonDonut · 19/05/2023 09:12

Gorgeous.

Sowing a wisteria seed is the very definition of 'optimism'. I sowed two 2 weeks ago and one is up so I'm going to put them, and the seedling I already had, in the same potition and hope that they will eventially grow and cross pollinate each other for a good show in about a decade. If I'm lucky.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 19/05/2023 09:15

I’ve had mine 9 years. It still doesn’t bloom. Looks very verdant and healthy, but no blooms.

Ive fallen out with it.

Needanewnamebeingwatched · 19/05/2023 09:15

So I was looking at wisteria for my front door, but had no idea that it didn't bloom straight away.

What can I use instead for instant flowers?

Seaitoverthere · 19/05/2023 09:19

Needanewnamebeingwatched · 19/05/2023 09:15

So I was looking at wisteria for my front door, but had no idea that it didn't bloom straight away.

What can I use instead for instant flowers?

I bought a friend one last year and it is going to flower this year. I think I read buy when you can see they have flowered.

Imisscoffee2021 · 19/05/2023 09:27

Propogate vegetatively from cuttings and you get a faster bloomer for anyone wanting to have a wisteria as seed grow will take at least seven years, but it's so worth it when it does bloom! That white variety smells heavenly too

CuriouslyDifferent · 19/05/2023 09:29

Amazing and beautifull.

I hope it’s not a freak year, after a decade, the past few years, of maybe about 20 or so racines, we had maybe a thousand come out. We have been getting more and more aggressive with pruning though as it got bigger, and not just twice a year, maybe four sometimes five.

it’s amazing, whole garden smells of its perfume.

After SEVEN years my wisteria has finally burst into bloom
After SEVEN years my wisteria has finally burst into bloom
LightDrizzle · 19/05/2023 09:33

How wonderful! Wishing you many years of joy with it.

FreeButtonBee · 19/05/2023 09:57

mine was looking so good; after a few bad years during covid when it went wild I had got on top of pruning and it had tons of fat buds in feb/march just ready for blooming but the birds ate every single one <sob> am going to have to net it next year or something. I literally saw them hack them off the little bastards so if yours isn't flowering do check some thing isn't eating the buds.

QueefQueen80s · 19/05/2023 09:58

Wow a true test of patience but worth it 🖤

Needanewnamebeingwatched · 19/05/2023 10:00

They just look so beautiful

Apparently you need a grafted wisteria, just looked it up, so may buy one when I get back from holiday

IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 10:43

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familyissues12345 · 19/05/2023 11:25

Does it really take years to bloom?! We moved house earlier this year and inherited a gorgeous wisteria hanging over a pergola, I wonder how long it's been there!

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Blogdog · 19/05/2023 12:17

They’re actually even nicer in real life than they look in the photo. The scent is divine.

It was a grafted plant purchased from the garden centre. Not sure why it’s taken so long - I think it was partially me - I was a bit hesitant around pruning it the first few years. We also had a kids’ climbing frame near it until last year which might have cast some of it in shade for part of the day.

In any case, it’s been worth waiting for.

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Blogdog · 19/05/2023 12:21

@CuriouslyDifferent yours is stunning! I would love a pergola but not sure how I could fit it into my rectangular garden without it looking ridiculous.

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Phillipa12 · 19/05/2023 12:32

Mine is now two thirds it's original size and is a stand alone tree. Not even sure how old it is, but I love it when it flowers.

After SEVEN years my wisteria has finally burst into bloom
pilates · 19/05/2023 12:34

I would love to grow one up my house but I read the roots are invasive to the foundations. So beautiful though.

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Blogdog · 19/05/2023 12:37

@Phillipa12 that is breathtaking. Very jealous!

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