New again...lol

[Kathryn crook]

been over in the sister site for ponds but this is a better place for gardening this and that. I love to garden, in my own small way. Im not a vegetabler, as I coin it, lol. Im a flowererererer...lol. That being said, I do have one question about a plant I dont have experience with, wisteria...well not in an obnoxious weed kinda way some people describe it.

Ok, our local nursery has one growing up a Ponderosa pine and its lovely every spring. My inlaws also have one growing a small tree that is beautiful. So, I have 3 plantings Id love to grow up some of my boring pine trees. That being said, some persons have claimed they can strangle and kill a tree. Is this true and what risk am I running having a wisteria growing on a large, healthy Ponderose pine?

 

[Kathryn crook]

That being said, I am an avid shade plant grower and love them dearly. Its the sun plants I am less used to. I am still working on that and making mistakes along the way, lol.

 

[Becky]

Great to have you here @Kathryn crook

Is this true and what risk am I running having a wisteria growing on a large, healthy Ponderose pine?

I've heard that it can strangle a tree over time, but it depends on the tree. How large is the trunk?

 

[Kathryn crook]

Great to have you here @Kathryn crook



I've heard that it can strangle a tree over time, but it depends on the tree. How large is the trunk?

These are very large pines, the other two not pictured, even larger. Will they be ok?

 

[Becky]

That's a pretty big tree, so I would have thought you would be fine! Wisteria tends to prefer full sun, so you may find it doesn't thrive on the tree anyway.

 

[zigs]

Welcome to the forums

 

[Kathryn crook]

That's a pretty big tree, so I would have thought you would be fine! Wisteria tends to prefer full sun, so you may find it doesn't thrive on the tree anyway.

Thanks Becky. You are right, I know. I thought over time it would climb for the sun. It may take a lifetime.

 

[Kathryn crook]

So, we have lived in this house for 4 years, and our white dogwood has bloomed every year except this year! What happened? I didnt do any fertilizing this year except liquid miracle grow and I put down bark in the garden. What could have happened?

 

[zigs]

Frost while the buds were forming or it's gone into a biennial fruiting pattern?

 

[Kathryn crook]

Never saw any buds at all, and I would agree with biennial except its flowered faithfully every year for 5 years, even in the dry before we bought the house. I never dropped any nitrogen rich fertilizer around it to discourage blooming. Its a shame. I always look forward to that tree blooming. We even had an exceptionally wet spring too, so water should not be an issue either. Uggh! I burned the hell out of it the first year prepping the beds for gardening and it still flowered. Why this year it didnt? Total mystery!