With its lush flowers, the wisteria is a truly impressive plant in spring. But since it needs a lot of space, the idea of growing a bonsai from it is obvious. It's not too difficult, but it's time consuming.

Wisteria is an impressive bonsai

Wisteria roots are a mixture of taproots and shallow roots. You should keep this fact in mind when training bonsai and choose a correspondingly deep and wide planter.

Are some varieties particularly suitable as bonsai?

In principle, you can try to grow a bonsai from any variety of Wisteria. However, the types of Japanese wisteria seem to be particularly suitable. However, you should pay attention to a harmonious overall picture. The Wisteria macrobotrys has extremely long flower spikes and the Chinese wisteria has quite large leaves. Both make bonsai training more difficult.

When do I have to start cutting?

Since the wisteria grows quite quickly, you should start cutting it very early on. If you aim for a final size of about 40 to 60 centimeters, you are most likely to achieve a harmonious relationship between flowers, leaves and branches.

What do I have to consider when caring for a Wisteria bonsai?

Two things are particularly important when caring for a wisteria as a bonsai. On the one hand, the bonsai needs a lot of water in summer and during the flowering period. If you don't want to constantly check it, place the planter on a saucer filled with water. The plant takes care of itself.

On the other hand, the wisteria will not bloom if it is transplanted too often or cut incorrectly. Always leave enough flower buds when pruning and only repot your wisteria bonsai every three to five years.

The essentials in brief:

  • select refined wisteria
  • start cutting early
  • First cut the basic shape, then the maintenance cut
  • pay attention to a harmonious overall picture
  • blooms after a few years

tips

A wisteria as a bonsai must be supplied with water particularly well so that it blooms regularly.

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