How to Train Wisteria Into a Tree: Starting Over Again!

After we moved over a year ago, we are finally getting a new Wisteria and training it into a tree form!
#wisteria

[@cajunlady4893]

Thank for the tree form Wisteria. I have one i need to plant...maybe today. I want it to grow like a tree instead of a vine. I was amazed you made this video today. I guess it a sign to get mines into the ground.🌳

[@crewsvilleadventures]

Good luck!

[@aleksandramarkiton4939]

Thank you for the video. It answered all my questions.

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@aleksandramarkiton4939 yay! Good luck!

[@CatsRants]

Thank you for this! I saw a post on Facebook where someone had a gorgeous little wisteria tree! He didn't answer anyone's questions on how he'd done it! Can't wait to try 🥰

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@CatsRants good luck!

[@071Tom]

could you not have just weaved the 3 stems together?

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@071Tom you could. I was going for one larger base which has already started filling out. Lots of ways to go with it!

[@marlenemccaffrey6731]

Yes, braiding or twisting counterclockwise that is how it is usually done. That is how I trained mine. You get a very thick and sturdy trunk really fast.

[@sethwarner2540]

You better be mighty careful how yoou give this stranngler vine any free dom!! The roots will make their way through the soil and take overanytbhing you let it!

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@sethwarner2540 I’m definitely careful! Don’t get one if you’re not!

[@thejoyofsoxmovie7211]

What would you suggest to train a well-established wisteria to put all its energy into extending its furthest reach out along a cable it's been growing along? It keeps sending out side branches rather than pushing the leader, even though I've trimmed all the possible "detours" for growth. Should I snip a few inches off the leading edge? Thanks!

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@thejoyofsoxmovie7211 I’m not as familiar with an established wisteria. Maybe a snip could encourage some new growth?

[@thejoyofsoxmovie7211]

@@crewsvilleadventures I'll try it (gulp!). Thanks.

[@TexasBluebonnets22]

Can I trim the runners growing in every direction off this late in the season? July 3rd today. I planted last spring and didn’t get any blooms this years. Is too young to bloom or did I do something wrong. It was sold as a tree, so I didn’t know I was supposed to train it. I have one large limb growing sideways leaning down. I did stake the tree.

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@TexasBluebonnets22 I’m about to trim mine up in August!

[@Sindri27]

Liked the video. I wonder if I could do this with a butterfly bush?

[@crewsvilleadventures]

That would be interesting to find out!

[@Sindri27]

@crewsvilleadventures If I can find a good spot I plan to try it out with a dark knight one I think. I like the colors of the blooms or Miss Molly.

[@TexasBluebonnets22]

Can I trim the runners growing in every direction off this late in the season? July 3rd today. I planted last spring and didn’t get any blooms this years. Is too young to bloom or did I do something wrong. It was sold as a tree, so I didn’t know I was supposed to train it. I have one large limb growing sideways leaning down. I did stake the tree. I probably need to cut and restake it. I don’t know when this should be done. I wish I could post a picture .

[@crewsvilleadventures]

@@TexasBluebonnets22 I would still trim it if it were mine. I keep the crazy growing limbs trimmed as needed.

[@razvan-rosu]

Wisterias, if grown from seed, will bloom in around 10 years.

[@KatherineHowell-tz4ud]

I see pictures of grand tree forms wrapping around a pole for that effect would we keep two vines or must we keep one at the start? I have a small one i need to put in the ground

[@crewsvilleadventures]

I have seen them with two main twisting vines before also. You could definitely go that route.

[@Andermon75]

Where'd you get your materials?

[@crewsvilleadventures]

I got the post and petunias at Lowe’s and the Wisteria at a garden center in Augusta, GA. The mulch also came from Lowe’s.

[@Angelika5378]

So if you want a "shorter" tree you do all that but a bit lower right?

[@crewsvilleadventures]

Correct!