Comments on: pondering a bout of mid-winter pruning https://awaytogarden.com/pondering-a-bout-of-mid-winter-pruning/ 'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener Thu, 02 Jan 2014 02:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cynthia https://awaytogarden.com/pondering-a-bout-of-mid-winter-pruning/comment-page-1/#comment-11392 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:17:38 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=7280#comment-11392 Thanks Margaret – this is very helpful. I look forward to visiting your garden this year!

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By: Margaret https://awaytogarden.com/pondering-a-bout-of-mid-winter-pruning/comment-page-1/#comment-11391 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:19:58 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=7280#comment-11391 In reply to Cynthia.

Welcome, Cynthia. In case people don’t know, ‘Clara Mack’ is an American wisteria, and white-flowered. It is said to be much less rampant than the more common Asian types (Wisteria sinessis or W. floribunda), and blooms at a younger age.

I have not grown it here, but Brooklyn Botanic Garden says about pruning: “it flowers on short, leafy shoots, or pedicels, that arise from buds on the previous year’s wood. To encourage flowering, head back stems after blooms have faded; if necessary, head back a second time in late winter, leaving at least three or four buds. Train shoots to establish a framework or increase vine height; head back once the desired height and width have been achieved. Old plants can be renewed by severe pruning, almost to the ground.”

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By: Cynthia https://awaytogarden.com/pondering-a-bout-of-mid-winter-pruning/comment-page-1/#comment-11390 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:39:42 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=7280#comment-11390 Hi Margaret,
love, love, love your site!
Do you have any tips on pruning wisteria? I’m in the same zone as you are and have 8 Wisteria macrostachya “clara mack” that I am training on a pergola.
Thank you!

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