A giant climbing plant does not fit in every garden, which some garden owners may regret. Even if your garden is rather small, you don't have to do without a wisteria. Just opt for a high-stemmed specimen.

The Wisteria is easy to grow as a standard

How does a wisteria grow naturally?

The Wisteria is a strong-growing and profusely flowering climbing plant. If he feels good, then he will be about eight to ten meters tall, depending on the variety chosen. Its flower spikes reach a length of a good 30 centimeters. However, a wisteria grows less well in the shade, and it also does not bloom there.

Educate the wisteria to the trunk

It is best to use a grafted wisteria for this, because it blooms earlier than an ungrafted one. Nevertheless, you will have to wait a few years for the first flowering. First you have to train your wisteria, i.e. bring it into the desired shape. The necessary pruning prevents flowering for the time being.

At least in the first few years, you should cultivate your wisteria as a stem in a bucket, because it is only hardy when it is old. Water the young plant sufficiently so that the root ball does not dry out. On the other hand, it is advisable to use fertilizer sparingly, too much of it causes the shoots to shoot unnecessarily and weakens your wisteria.

Does the wisteria need winter protection as a trunk?

It is best to protect a wisteria in a bucket from frost from all sides, including from below. Because in the bucket there is always a danger that the roots could freeze. Then you will inevitably die of the painstakingly designed wisteria. If, on the other hand, only a few young shoots are frozen, then this does not cause much damage.

The essentials in brief:

  • Education in the bucket possible
  • well protected from frost
  • purposefully cut back
  • water and fertilize carefully
  • Flowering after a few years

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A wisteria grown as a stem is also very decorative on a balcony.

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Trees