Wisteria tips and advice please :)

[PrideRavyn]

I have dreamed of having a Wisteria at our house and finally have bought a baby wysteria to plant. It's currently about 4 ft 'tall' with several tendrils looking for somewhere to hang on to. We bought some 'hammer in' line eyes and some proper fencing line which is nicely thick. The nursery had them in essentially a grow tunnel, so I am making efforts to harden it off before I plant it out.

Does anyone have any particular advice for us as newbie Wisteria owners? The man at the nursery said to ensure we trim it back from our drains and guttering, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem as there is very little of that near the location it'll be planted in.

I've been told Wisteria needs proper pruning - can anyone advise on the best practice for this?

Does anyone have any idea on growth rates - e.g. how much can I expect it to spread each year?

Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated

[dave_norm_smith]

Hi

The one I planted at my parents grew around 40 - 60cm a year. But a friend who was a landscape gardener advised me to dig a big a hole as I could ( dusthin size is possible) and fill with muck, compost and give it the best possible start.

One of my favourites as well!

Dave

[chris]

Indeed, it'd lovely, I'm going to grow it over an arch I think, but imagine having one like this:

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[VirginVegGrower]

They like sunshine and lots of!

[PrideRavyn]

Thanks so much for everyone's advice. Luckily for the Wisteria, our front garden is south facing with no fencing/obstructions - this means that it would essentially be in full sun for 70-80% of a sunny day.

The plant so far seems healthy but it does seem to be very unforgiving regarding sun/water levels. I put it outside in a sunny spot the other day whilst I try to harden it off and when I came to bring it in in the evening it had gone quite floppy in the leaves, but gave it a good water and it was fine in the morning. It does make me worry slightly that it's not going to cope very well with protracted exposure to the sun, which it will have the moment I plant it out. I was planning to do that early this week but I'm wondering if that's the best plan!