Cuttings from wisteria??

[dean young]

Hi all,can i take a cutting from wisteria??

[Dorts]

You can take softwood cuttings from spring to midsummer, or probably better is to take hardwood cuttings now. Another method is layering.

Take cuttings of about 12- 18in. in length and about the thickness of a little finger, trimming the base just below a bud. Place in good compost/soil into which some grit has been added. Push into the ground to just over a third of their length.
Take plenty and leave for about 2 years before replanting, lifting the young plants carefully.
All Wisteria's sold commercially are grafted.
Dorts.

[lilyrose]

Yes, best done from softwood cuttings in late spring/summer, but can also be done from hardwood cuttings. However, I don't know how many years you'll have to wait for it to flower though. There are many web sites with the info you need - good luck.

How to Grow Wisteria From a Cutting | eHow.com

Ooops, Dorts beat me to it. Personally, as an impatient gardener I'd be tempted to buy a plant (unless you already have one, I love taking cuttings and growing new plants).

[dean young]

Thank you both for your speedy response to my problem.I don't mind how long it take's to flower.In the great word's of my late grandfather,beautiful thing's are worth the wait!!!!
Thanks again.

[Brocakat]

Take cuttings from a known Floriferous example.

You will just perpetuate a poor strain if you grow-on something that was itself a n'erdowell.

Note there are 2 main specie of Wisteria:- W. sinensis which grows up to 100ft ------- so you may, whether you wish to or not , take it in hand all-too-ofter & 'junk' the thing in the end. This one has 11 leaflets, and even though it gets v tall is the most popular.

However W. floribunda is also vigourous but 'only' gains 30ft. The variety 'Macrobotrys' has amazing 3 ft long racemes. The pinnate leaves have between 12-19 leaflets. That's the one I'd go for.