Wisteria care: in spring and at other times of the year, than to feed a flower, is it possible to propagate at home, how to transplant what you need to grow properly?

Wisteria or (wisteria) - a decorative fragrant liana of the legume family. Originally from the subtropics of China and Japan, the abundantly flowering plant adapted well in our climatic conditions. It can be grown at home and in the open field.

About how to care at home and in the garden, and will be our article. You will also learn: what to fertilize in the spring, how to transplant in a pot at home and in the open ground, as well as about other growing conditions.

Flower care in spring and at other times of the year

Temperature. Wisteria is a thermophilic culture. The optimum air temperature for growth and development is 20 - 25 ° C. Daily temperature differences are not favorable for the plant. Perennial winters in the garden only with good shelter. Newly bred varieties withstand up to -15 - 20 ° С frost (more details about the variety of varieties and species can be found in this material).
Watering. In spring and summer, watering is moderate. In extreme heat, the bushes should be sprayed early in the morning. In the fall, watering is reduced, the plant is preparing for winter rest.
Important! The substrate should be moist but not moist.
Shine. Wisteria needs plenty of light to bloom profusely. In the shade, the growth of the bush slows down, the buds do not ripen.
Bright light should reach the bushes at least 5-6 hours a day. Bushes should be planted on the south, southeast side of the house. For curly, sturdy shoots, you should install a strong stable support. You can plant along the walls of the house.
Pruning. Growing wisteria in the garden, each spring should shorten the side shoots by 20 - 30 cm. Pruning stimulates flowering. Young, strongly sprouted shoots are removed so that they do not cover the clusters of inflorescences. In standard landings, shaping pruning is required - the side shoots are trimmed, leaving a strong shoot - the trunk. The top of the trunk is cut each year to form a crown of a tree.
Crohn is also trimmed. The procedure is carried out in spring, in early summer. Trimming the head of the bush is best done in autumn to clean the bush from excess growth, which takes away the nutrition of the entire bush. More details about pruning wisteria can be found in this material.
Priming. Wisteria needs a light, slightly acidic, nutritious soil that passes water well. Use store soil only if there is no way to independently make high-quality soil mix. In stores there are special mixtures marked "Nutrient soil, slightly acidic", soil "Tropic".
Experienced flower growers argue that the finished store soil should be considered as a semi-finished product, in which it is necessary to add sand, mineral components, drainage components. It is advisable to plant a wisteria to prepare a quality mixture yourself. Soil composition for wisteria:
1. Leaf humus - 1 h.
2. Peat -1 h.
3. Sand - 1 hour
4. Sod land - 1h.
5. Garden land - 1 hour
6. Drainage layer.
Reference! Perlite or coarse sand is used as a baking powder. The drainage layer is formed of brick chips, expanded clay, and small pebbles.
Top dressing. On fertile soils, wisteria should be fertilized rarely, 1 to 2 times a month. Top dressing is applied only in spring or summer. Before flowering, you should fertilize the soil with prepared mineral fertilizers in liquid form once every 10 days. To wonder what to feed a plant in spring is not worth it. The composition of fertilizers should include potassium and phosphorus.
Nitrogen supplements should be applied only in early spring to build greenery. It is advisable to alternate complex fertilizers with organic top dressing. A mildly concentrated mullein solution in a ratio of 1:20 is usually used. It is recommended to water the bushes with chalk solution once a summer season - 100 g of chalk per 12 liters of water.
Transfer. Wisteria does not like movements, takes root for a long time. Immediately after transplantation, it can “sit” in place for a long time until it restores the root system. The procedure is best done in April, when the heat is established. It is a transplant in the spring that favorably affects the root system.
Correctly determine the landing site, well-lit and protected from strong winds.
Transplantation scheme:
1. The site is dug up, cleared of weeds and garbage.
2. Digging pits 60 cm in length and width, a depth of up to half a meter.
3. A special mixture is added to the well, mixes well.
4. In a seedling, too long root processes are pruned by secateurs.
5. A sapling is placed vertically, covered with soil.
6. The bush is watered abundantly.
7. The soil settled down during irrigation is added.
8. Abundantly watered the soil around the seedling so that the soil is well saturated with moisture.
9. Above, the soil is mulched by cones, peat.
Important! It is unacceptable to dry the soil, the transplanted bush may die. In a new place, seedlings 1 - 2 years throw out only thin shoots. Flowering occurs later, after 2 to 3 years.
Pot. Curly wisteria is a garden plant, but you can grow it on the balcony, terrace, loggia, i.e. in indoor conditions. Wisteria is planted in volumetric tubs, special wooden containers, plastic containers from under the water, up to 12 liters.
Florists recommend the use of concrete flowerpots, special structures made of artificial stone. In such containers, the soil holds moisture longer than in plastic flowerpots. Flowers grown at home require pruning - the formation of a small tree. The size of the plant will be smaller than in open ground.
Wintering. In spring, flowerpots are taken out into the open air, in autumn they are installed in a cool, bright place with a temperature of up to 10 ° C.
Garden wisteria requires special preparation for winter:
1. The stems are unscrewed from the support.
2. The soil is loosening near the basal rosette.
3. Basal stems are well sprinkled with a thick layer of soil.
4. Shoots bend to the ground, covered with coniferous spruce branches, leaves, straw, burlap or other shelter.
Important: young bushes are less frost-resistant, especially need shelter. After wintering, some of the dead shoots are cut off. Adult bushes with lignified stems in the southern regions do not need shelter. The main thing is to mulch the soil around the root well.
Care after purchase. Florists are advised to purchase seedlings in the nursery in early spring. Varietal varieties are best acquired grafted, the plant adapts better, grows faster and blooms (more on how wisteria blooms and what to do when this does not happen can be found here). Saplings of 1 - 2 years of age better take root. Planting is recommended immediately to a permanent place.
Watering immediately after planting should be plentiful, regular. Be sure to feed the plants for support and growth.
Important! Saplings are gaining strength, growing roots all summer, by the fall they release new shoots. Shelter for the winter is needed.

Photo of home and garden wisteria

In the photo you will see a flower at home and in the garden.

Propagation Features

Seeds. The method is not effective at home. Varietal properties of seedlings are not preserved.
Growing seedlings - the process is long. Seeds are sown in late autumn. It is necessary to create greenhouse conditions with air temperatures up to 25 ° C. After 1 - 1, 5 months, the seedlings dive. You can sow the seeds immediately in the open ground in the spring. Such seeding is more hardy and unpretentious in further care.
Reference! Wisteria grown through sowing may not bloom for 5-6 years.
Layering. The most convenient and affordable way of reproduction. The procedure is carried out in the spring.
- A young shoot in the middle is cut at an oblique angle.
- The branch is bent, notched down, located on the surface of the container with a special substrate.
- The tap is fixed with a wire or a plait, dug in.
- The tip of the shoot remains on the surface.
- Watering is regular.
- A new shoot is separated from the mother bush in a year by transshipment.

We suggest you watch a video about the propagation of wisteria by layering:

Diseases and Pests

Disease	Cause	How to treat?
Dumping buds and leaves.	Stagnation of water in the soil.	Limit watering. Refresh the bush by spraying.
The buds dry and crumble.	Overdried substrate. Dry air.	Spraying the bush. Abundant watering.
Chlorosis. Leaves brighten, lose attractiveness.	The flower does not tolerate alkaline calcareous soils.	Replacing the soil mixture. Add root dressing with iron salts.
Green aphids appear on buds, stems, undersides of leaves.	Infection from other plants.	In case of damage, it is necessary to spray the bush with a solution of actara or phytoerm. Processing is repeated after 10 days.
Clover tick (bryobia). Yellowish spots appear on the leaves - strokes. Leaves are deformed.	Bushes are affected most often in open ground.	Processing the bush with soapy water. With severe damage - spraying with neoron, phytoverm 2-3 times with an interval of 8 to 10 days.
Cicadas affect stems and leaves with poisonous saliva. Transfer viral infections.	Dampness of the substrate. Infection from other plants in the garden.	Urgently spray the bushes with 30% kalbofos solution. Preventive treatment after 8 days.

Blooming wisteria in the care is simple, grows vertically, takes up little space. Perfectly decorates the garden. Decorate the unsightly wall of the house, a fence, a gazebo. Wisteria bushes look great in group plantings with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.