Thank you. I really enjoy having it there. I wasn't entirely sure it would be okay in a pot after reading so much about how invasive Wisterias can be, so this a been a wonderful experience.
nice plant. Looks so nice around the window! People watching this video want to know about the "pot" side of the story. How big is the pot? Is it plastic? Concrete? Ceramic? Wood? Can you please provide more info on the pot? Thanks.
Of course. It is a large ceramic pot, which is about 50 cm in diameter and holds about 90 litres of compost. I have to keep adding nuitrients to the plant to keep it healthy🙂
@@nbeizaie oh, yes, same🙂 I think if I could do it again, I would go for a white one, though; I saw a huge one at a park last year and it was breathtaking.
Usually I can leave it to fend for itself while it is dormant over Winter, especially this year, where we have had so much rain, but if we get dry spells during the Summer, I often give it a big drink every night. I also try to mulch it with grass clippings or garden leaves to retain moisture. Hope that helps.
Thank you yes very helpful I found your video today as I’ve just potted my wisteria up and it’s looking a tad limp so was looking for watering tips, thanks again!
So sorry, I need to make an updated video. It is 50 cms in diameter and holds about 90 liters of compost. I need to add lots of nuitrients to it to keep it happy and healthy.
Hi your video was really useful to me as I have just bought a wisteria on bamboo same as yours but could you tell me what type of soil to put it in please? Also Can I use tomato feed? Thankyou. I'm from Sheffield South yorks. Xx
Ah, that's lovely to hear. I planted mine in regular compost from Lidl; they seem quite unfussy regarding soil type. Tomato feed is a great fertilizer for them. I'm going to be refreshing the soil in my pot this weekend as it is budding up now (it seems late this year). I'll be scraping out the top few inches of compost and replacing it with fresh, nuitrient-rich compost, then will add some slow release fertilizer like chicken manure pellets and a bit of Epsom Salts. I also like feeding it with kitchen scraps like soaked coffee granules, banana skin water and finely ground eggshells. Hope that helps.
How big was the pot? I've just planted one in a 45cm x 45cm pot...it looks about the same size as yours but I can't be sure. Have you needed to repot yours yet....if so, how did if go?
I just measured it now to be sure and the diameter of my pot is 45cm, so yes, it must be very similar to yours, depending on whether yours is square, etc. This will be the sixth year it has been in that pot. I just refresh the soil every Spring and so far it has been happy and flowers beautifully every year. I'm hoping to be able to avoid repotting it by keeping it well pruned and fed, but we'll see how that goes...
@@backyardsnackyard oh thank you for doing that! I am hoping to get similar results to yours. I am just worried what happens if it gets big and is also wire-attached to the wall....I guess I can untether it if I have to. Thanks again.
Hi Dani, great video! 😍 I just bought a Wisteria today with built-in bamboo trellis the same size as yours. The plant has already reached the top of the trellis… how can I get it to grow above the bamboo so I can eventually attach it to a permanent wall trellis like yours?
How lovely; you've got great taste😀 I planted mine straight into the big pot it lives in now when I got it: its 'forever home'. The pot is 50 cm in diameter and holds 90 liters of compost, which I refreshen every Spring. They tend to grow really fast once you get them settled where you want them. I like to add a bit of mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when repotting plants to give them a bit of a boost.
What do you feed it in the container and what type of compost? I have one coming from a nursery and after researching I am terrified of it !!! I am putting in container. Thank you 🙏
I saw lots of scary posts about Wisteria after I bought this little guy too, so I totally get what you mean😁 The one I have is an Amethyst Falls, which I believe is slightly less vigorous that regular ones, but I don't find it hard to keep in check at all. I think keeping them in containers has that benefit too - they really can't run rampant. I planted mine in all-purpose compost and refresh it every Summer, removing the top layer of soil and adding fresh compost alongside some Fish Blood and Bone. They are part of the legume family, so are nitrogen fixers, which means that when you prune them, the plants get an extra nitrogen fix from the nodules they have stored it in. Such clever plants! Hope that helps and best of luck with your new little beauty.
Yes, to both🙂 I put it in the largest pot I could find with drainage holes. I think I would use a half whiskey barrel if I could do it again; they look so lovely. The wooden trellis is a cheap set we found on-line.
Yes, I think so. I don't always do it with indoor plants, as I can regulate the watering, but here in England, we gets lots of rain, so plants will soon drown if there isn't drainage.
I have two wisterias in pots and they are huge! I need to do something with a structure that they can hang onto, but have no clue just what that is yet.
Some Wisterias are very vigorous, so would probably need a very large pot and could probably indeed bust out of a tight one. Mine has been in that terracotta pot for about 6 years now and I haven't had to repot it in all that time; that will be a bit tricky, I'm sure. I only refresh the soil every year, but it is a less vigorous cultivar called Amethyst Falls, which really works for that space.
I like to give it a dose of fish, blood and bone when I refreshen the soil in the Spring. It's a great well balanced slow release fertilizer. I also gave it some plain sulphate of potash after it had flowered, which encouraged it to flower again, so we have some extra late flowers this year. I hope that helps.
We have had such strange weather here in the UK and several of my plants have reacted badly to it. If your Wisteria has finished flowering, now is the best time to deadhead it and prune it back to healthy outward facing buds. You could also feed it with some fish, blood and bone. Wisterias are nitrogen fixers, so they don't really need lots of nitrogen, but phosphate can encourage blooming, so I like to feed it some of that in the Autumn. I also give them a bit of liquid tomato feed when feeding other plants. If your Wisteria is in a pot, it could be drying out, so you could pot it up and put a nice thick layer of mulch down to help retain moisture now that we are finally getting warmer weather. I hope that helps. They are such beautiful plants to grow.
Does small pot slow down or will small pot stop its growth/spreading to bigger?since all information i researched about wisteria root requires minimum 3feet deep, i kind of worry if plant in pot it will not spread as good as planting to soil coz once they spread out, its not reasonable to plant to soil again, isn't it
The size of the pot will most likely effect the growth of the plant, but this one has been in that container, which is not quite 1.5 feet deep, for nearly six years now and it has covered the wall I wanted it to. I will do a video on it soon as it is full of lovely fat flowerbuds at the moment. I have grown several plants on in pots until they completely outgrew them and needed to go into the ground and they are usually so thankful when they are finally released from the confines of their pots, so imo it should be fine to grow one on in a pot for a bit and then transfer it into the garden at a later date Hope that helps.
I got 3 cuttings ive rooted and they have been in a pot outside growing since August. Should I bring it in during the winter? Its been really cold here in Michigan during the day and especially night.
Wisteria are really hardy and should be fine with temperatures down to -20°F (-29°C). The only concern I would have would be to protect the new little roots. I wouldn't take them into the house, as they need a period of dormancy, but if you have a protected spot you could place them to prevent the roots from freezing, that would be ideal. Some people bury their plants, pots and all, so the soil can act like insulation.They then dig them up in Spring!
I have 2 wisterias in containers. Theyre 50cm pots yet but ill get them soon.. One of them i have growing in front of my house but no trellis on the wall yet. It already had a little trellis when i bought it last year. But its overtaken that. Loads of buds on there. I wanted to ask. When you put fresh compost on each year do you just place it on the top or do you tske it out of the pot to do this?
I scrape the top layer of soil off (as much as I can remove without hurting the roots. It is probably about 5 cms of topsoil) before adding fresh compost mixed with fish, blood and bone and whatever else I am using to feed the plant. I hope that helps. It sounds like yours are growing really well. They really are so beautiful.
Sorry, I just realised you were asking if I take the plant out of the pot...no, I leave it in the pot, only removing the top layer of soil and replacing it with new, rich compost.
I was lucky: when I bought it from the supermarket it already had flowerbuds, so it bloomed immediately. Later I read that finding one in bud or bloom can save you waiting up to 10 years for flowers!!
I think they're quite happy to grow in most types of soil. I just planted mine in regular compost with lots of grit for drainage. As it's in a pot, I refresh the soil annually (as described in the video) and try to apply a well balanced feed (I have used Miracle Grow) especially when it's in flower. In the Spring I added some fish blood and bone to the soil too to give it a boost. I also like to feed it homemade banana peel water whenever I have some to hand. Finally, it really likes a sunny position. My neighbour has an enormous one growing up her wall in full sun that flowers a month before mine does. I really hope that helps.
I use regular all-purpose compost (whatever is on sale in the supermarket). I scrape out the top layer of soil from the pot in the Spring and add a fresh layer of it to re-fresh the soil. I then feed it banana skin water, epsom salts, ground up eggshells, spent coffee grounds and a well-balanced feed like Miracle Gro every so often to keep the plant strong.
It's an 'Amethyst Falls', a great compact one which is ideal for growing in a container. Also, unlike other Wisterias, which can take a while to start flowering, this one tends to do so from the first year.
I feed it a mixture of banana skin water, epsom salts, ground up eggshells, spent coffee grounds and a well-balanced feed like Miracle Gro at regular intervals to keep the plant strong, especially as it is stuck in a pot.
You got a perfect spot for the plant. Very pretty and romantic view.
Thank you. I really enjoy having it there. I wasn't entirely sure it would be okay in a pot after reading so much about how invasive Wisterias can be, so this a been a wonderful experience.
nice plant. Looks so nice around the window!
People watching this video want to know about the "pot" side of the story. How big is the pot? Is it plastic? Concrete? Ceramic? Wood? Can you please provide more info on the pot? Thanks.
Of course. It is a large ceramic pot, which is about 50 cm in diameter and holds about 90 litres of compost. I have to keep adding nuitrients to the plant to keep it healthy🙂
@@backyardsnackyard Great! Thanks for the info. It is a beautiful plant with even more beautiful flowers. I wish they lasted longer!
@@nbeizaie oh, yes, same🙂 I think if I could do it again, I would go for a white one, though; I saw a huge one at a park last year and it was breathtaking.
@@backyardsnackyard Yes, the white one is beautiful too! They are both beautiful in their own unique way :)
@@nbeizaie so very true
It is a stylish and beautiful potted wisteria❣✨✨✨
Thank you - that's so kind 🙂🙂
So beautiful flowers amezing 😍
Thank you. It's budding up now, so looking forward to this year's flowers🙂🙂
Hi could you please tell me how often you water your beautiful wisteria? Many thanks great video!
Usually I can leave it to fend for itself while it is dormant over Winter, especially this year, where we have had so much rain, but if we get dry spells during the Summer, I often give it a big drink every night. I also try to mulch it with grass clippings or garden leaves to retain moisture. Hope that helps.
Thank you yes very helpful I found your video today as I’ve just potted my wisteria up and it’s looking a tad limp so was looking for watering tips, thanks again!
Hi, it looks lovely. Hard from the video to see exactly what size the pot it. What height and diameter please? thank you
So sorry, I need to make an updated video. It is 50 cms in diameter and holds about 90 liters of compost. I need to add lots of nuitrients to it to keep it happy and healthy.
Hi your video was really useful to me as I have just bought a wisteria on bamboo same as yours but could you tell me what type of soil to put it in please? Also Can I use tomato feed? Thankyou. I'm from Sheffield South yorks. Xx
Ah, that's lovely to hear. I planted mine in regular compost from Lidl; they seem quite unfussy regarding soil type. Tomato feed is a great fertilizer for them. I'm going to be refreshing the soil in my pot this weekend as it is budding up now (it seems late this year). I'll be scraping out the top few inches of compost and replacing it with fresh, nuitrient-rich compost, then will add some slow release fertilizer like chicken manure pellets and a bit of Epsom Salts. I also like feeding it with kitchen scraps like soaked coffee granules, banana skin water and finely ground eggshells. Hope that helps.
@@backyardsnackyard Thankyou for your feedback it's really helpful, now I know what il be doing this weekend! X
How big was the pot? I've just planted one in a 45cm x 45cm pot...it looks about the same size as yours but I can't be sure. Have you needed to repot yours yet....if so, how did if go?
I just measured it now to be sure and the diameter of my pot is 45cm, so yes, it must be very similar to yours, depending on whether yours is square, etc.
This will be the sixth year it has been in that pot. I just refresh the soil every Spring and so far it has been happy and flowers beautifully every year. I'm hoping to be able to avoid repotting it by keeping it well pruned and fed, but we'll see how that goes...
@@backyardsnackyard oh thank you for doing that! I am hoping to get similar results to yours. I am just worried what happens if it gets big and is also wire-attached to the wall....I guess I can untether it if I have to. Thanks again.
@@Calicokit101 best of luck!!
Hi Dani, great video! 😍 I just bought a Wisteria today with built-in bamboo trellis the same size as yours. The plant has already reached the top of the trellis… how can I get it to grow above the bamboo so I can eventually attach it to a permanent wall trellis like yours?
How lovely; you've got great taste😀 I planted mine straight into the big pot it lives in now when I got it: its 'forever home'. The pot is 50 cm in diameter and holds 90 liters of compost, which I refreshen every Spring. They tend to grow really fast once you get them settled where you want them. I like to add a bit of mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when repotting plants to give them a bit of a boost.
What do you feed it in the container and what type of compost? I have one coming from a nursery and after researching I am terrified of it !!! I am putting in container. Thank you 🙏
I saw lots of scary posts about Wisteria after I bought this little guy too, so I totally get what you mean😁 The one I have is an Amethyst Falls, which I believe is slightly less vigorous that regular ones, but I don't find it hard to keep in check at all. I think keeping them in containers has that benefit too - they really can't run rampant.
I planted mine in all-purpose compost and refresh it every Summer, removing the top layer of soil and adding fresh compost alongside some Fish Blood and Bone. They are part of the legume family, so are nitrogen fixers, which means that when you prune them, the plants get an extra nitrogen fix from the nodules they have stored it in. Such clever plants! Hope that helps and best of luck with your new little beauty.
Hello Dani ~
Does the pot have a drain hole on the bottom?
Is that a wooden trellis that you have the wisteria growing on?
Yes, to both🙂 I put it in the largest pot I could find with drainage holes. I think I would use a half whiskey barrel if I could do it again; they look so lovely. The wooden trellis is a cheap set we found on-line.
Nice!! Do I need to puncture a hole at the bottom of the pot?
Yes, I think so. I don't always do it with indoor plants, as I can regulate the watering, but here in England, we gets lots of rain, so plants will soon drown if there isn't drainage.
I have two wisterias in pots and they are huge! I need to do something with a structure that they can hang onto, but have no clue just what that is yet.
I saw one growing as a tree today. It looked so good. Mine is just clinging to that cheap trellis.
@@backyardsnackyard At least it's clinging to something (unlike mine).
@@greekbecky1 there is that...maybe yours wants to be a tree
@@backyardsnackyard Possibly, it's pink so it would be pretty in tree form. I better find a few RUclips video lessons, so I don't destroy it lol.
@@greekbecky1 that would be beautiful. I love the different coloured ones. The white ones are so gorgeous too.
Can wisteria be okay in a large plastic pot? I was told the roots can break a plastic pot
Some Wisterias are very vigorous, so would probably need a very large pot and could probably indeed bust out of a tight one.
Mine has been in that terracotta pot for about 6 years now and I haven't had to repot it in all that time; that will be a bit tricky, I'm sure. I only refresh the soil every year, but it is a less vigorous cultivar called Amethyst Falls, which really works for that space.
Can you please let me know the fertilizer you use? It’s hard to find the one without nitrogen.
I like to give it a dose of fish, blood and bone when I refreshen the soil in the Spring. It's a great well balanced slow release fertilizer. I also gave it some plain sulphate of potash after it had flowered, which encouraged it to flower again, so we have some extra late flowers this year. I hope that helps.
Hi my wisteria leave are turning crispy I live in uk. Could you tell me what it needs please ❤
We have had such strange weather here in the UK and several of my plants have reacted badly to it. If your Wisteria has finished flowering, now is the best time to deadhead it and prune it back to healthy outward facing buds. You could also feed it with some fish, blood and bone. Wisterias are nitrogen fixers, so they don't really need lots of nitrogen, but phosphate can encourage blooming, so I like to feed it some of that in the Autumn. I also give them a bit of liquid tomato feed when feeding other plants. If your Wisteria is in a pot, it could be drying out, so you could pot it up and put a nice thick layer of mulch down to help retain moisture now that we are finally getting warmer weather. I hope that helps. They are such beautiful plants to grow.
Thank you so much ❤️
Does small pot slow down or will small pot stop its growth/spreading to bigger?since all information i researched about wisteria root requires minimum 3feet deep, i kind of worry if plant in pot it will not spread as good as planting to soil coz once they spread out, its not reasonable to plant to soil again, isn't it
The size of the pot will most likely effect the growth of the plant, but this one has been in that container, which is not quite 1.5 feet deep, for nearly six years now and it has covered the wall I wanted it to. I will do a video on it soon as it is full of lovely fat flowerbuds at the moment. I have grown several plants on in pots until they completely outgrew them and needed to go into the ground and they are usually so thankful when they are finally released from the confines of their pots, so imo it should be fine to grow one on in a pot for a bit and then transfer it into the garden at a later date Hope that helps.
Hi Dani
I really need some advice on my wisteria. Is there anyway to contact you?
I'd be happy to do my best to answer any questions. Could you write them here...?
I got 3 cuttings ive rooted and they have been in a pot outside growing since August. Should I bring it in during the winter? Its been really cold here in Michigan during the day and especially night.
Wisteria are really hardy and should be fine with temperatures down to -20°F (-29°C). The only concern I would have would be to protect the new little roots. I wouldn't take them into the house, as they need a period of dormancy, but if you have a protected spot you could place them to prevent the roots from freezing, that would be ideal. Some people bury their plants, pots and all, so the soil can act like insulation.They then dig them up in Spring!
I have 2 wisterias in containers. Theyre 50cm pots yet but ill get them soon.. One of them i have growing in front of my house but no trellis on the wall yet. It already had a little trellis when i bought it last year. But its overtaken that. Loads of buds on there. I wanted to ask. When you put fresh compost on each year do you just place it on the top or do you tske it out of the pot to do this?
I scrape the top layer of soil off (as much as I can remove without hurting the roots. It is probably about 5 cms of topsoil) before adding fresh compost mixed with fish, blood and bone and whatever else I am using to feed the plant. I hope that helps. It sounds like yours are growing really well. They really are so beautiful.
Sorry, I just realised you were asking if I take the plant out of the pot...no, I leave it in the pot, only removing the top layer of soil and replacing it with new, rich compost.
Thats a lovely plant! How many years did it take to flower?
I was lucky: when I bought it from the supermarket it already had flowerbuds, so it bloomed immediately. Later I read that finding one in bud or bloom can save you waiting up to 10 years for flowers!!
Beautiful plant. 💚😀
Thank you
I recently brought a wisteria plant . Could you give me some advices on how to take care of it . I can't find any helpful advice .
I think they're quite happy to grow in most types of soil. I just planted mine in regular compost with lots of grit for drainage. As it's in a pot, I refresh the soil annually (as described in the video) and try to apply a well balanced feed (I have used Miracle Grow) especially when it's in flower. In the Spring I added some fish blood and bone to the soil too to give it a boost. I also like to feed it homemade banana peel water whenever I have some to hand. Finally, it really likes a sunny position. My neighbour has an enormous one growing up her wall in full sun that flowers a month before mine does. I really hope that helps.
@@backyardsnackyard thank you so much for the information . It helps a lot.
What kind of compost do u use 👌
I use regular all-purpose compost (whatever is on sale in the supermarket). I scrape out the top layer of soil from the pot in the Spring and add a fresh layer of it to re-fresh the soil. I then feed it banana skin water, epsom salts, ground up eggshells, spent coffee grounds and a well-balanced feed like Miracle Gro every so often to keep the plant strong.
Which type is it? Is it wisteria prolific? Thanks
It's an 'Amethyst Falls', a great compact one which is ideal for growing in a container. Also, unlike other Wisterias, which can take a while to start flowering, this one tends to do so from the first year.
@@backyardsnackyard Thank you very much! :)
@@Adelina-qs8be I hope you find one - I bought this one in a supermarket🙂
Hi, what size pot is that please?
It's just under 50 cms in diameter and holds about 90 liters of compost. I refresh and give it a good feed every Spring.
@@backyardsnackyard thank you, Ive just ordered one a similar size to yours hoping I have similar results.
@@lap9 I'm sure you will. They're lovely and so easy to look after. Best of luck🙂🙂
What do you feed your plant?
I feed it a mixture of banana skin water, epsom salts, ground up eggshells, spent coffee grounds and a well-balanced feed like Miracle Gro at regular intervals to keep the plant strong, especially as it is stuck in a pot.
Nice👍👏😊
I'll have to learn to prune it properly soon😀
Do you have a Instagram account?
No, I'm sorry to say I don't. Would you recommend it?
@@backyardsnackyard it would help gain traction to your channel from people who are interested in your posts c:
@@jacquelinegonzalez6410 thank you. I'll try to set one up🙂