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A Little Wisteria Appropriation
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
Have you noticed? – The return of black backgrounds
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
Wisteria – a scented affair too
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
Time to prune
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
Wisteria – A Lesson in Delayed Gratification
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