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A Little Wisteria Appropriation

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

Some of you may remember seeing photos from my old garden of the white Japanese wisteria that I trained over a pergola. I originally bought it as a grafted specimen and it flowered from the first year, but it really … Continue reading →

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Have you noticed? – The return of black backgrounds

Posted on June 9, 2016 by

Recently I’ve spied quite a few photographs of flowers and flower arrangements featuring very dark or black backgrounds. This is not new in the depiction of flowers, but it is a swerve away from the de rigueur of the ‘computer … Continue reading →

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Wisteria – a scented affair too

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria) comes out a little later than the classic mauve Chinese wisteria, but it’s well worth the wait. It also has a rich heady scent particularly noticeable at dusk. Some of the white racemes are 18 inches … Continue reading →

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Time to prune

Posted on February 10, 2014 by

If you want the above in early summer then now’s the time to get up the ladder and prune the wisteria. Here we start with a big tangle. Trace the long wippy growth from last summer back towards the main … Continue reading →

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Wisteria – A Lesson in Delayed Gratification

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Winter gardening even in East Anglia can be a chilly affair, but the wisteria’s annual winter prune is an essential task I usually tackle in February. But last Boxing Day it felt quite balmy in my back garden so before … Continue reading →

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