Hi

Doesnt sound too good, as we are into June ....

A lot of plants have died over the winter because of all the rain and water logging and Wisteria does like well drained soil to thrive to be honest with you you have already been given good advice with what has caused it not to grow , its a bit of shutting the stable door , Wisteria have extensive roots so sorry to say what you are doing now will be a waste of time and also covering up the graft you may get regrowth but it wont be the variety it will be a seedling which may take years to flower plus that new area doesn't have roots the problem is your soil , if me I would start again and buy a new plant and properly prepare the planting hole and I would do this by preparing a trench to a good couple of meters and two spades deep add lots of grit etc so that drainage problems will be kept to a minimum , it sounds also you may be on clay soil which holds the water.

Digging the plant up in June is not a option just to late in the year if it was to regrow ? you willkill it

Gg

thanks Gg, just returned from dobbies, ive already bought another wisteria. its a floribunda multijugga, i'll be putting that in the planter with some well rotted manure/compost, topsoil etc, and ive bought a high potash feed. the guy at the garden centre said they are very forgiving and hardy plants so i will take a chance and uproot it and replant it with the floribunda. if it doesnt take then i'll put it down to experience. thanks again.

Just make sure you dig out the base and make sure its all broken up , this will help with the drainage

hi, Gg. done what you said and dug a deep hole and filled it with gravel manure/compost soil etc. unfortunately when i took out the wisteria it snapped at the graft point. it was rotten and black inside, so i hope its not that horrible root disease, although the roots below the graft were fine and healthy, so i hope its just graft failure. if it is that root disease will it spread to and affect the new plants ive put in?...cheers.

Hi

It where it has rotted from water logging also grafts do fail if not supported properly in the 1st few years any movement of the stem can make them weak , so no disease , so dont worry.

With your new plant, only water this year DONT feed as the roots will grow away quicker and with all the new compost/manure which will be ample to feed etc for the next 12 to 24 months, problem with wisteria if you over feed you will end up with lush whippy growth which might not ripen before winter and the frost etc will damage the new shoots and you will end up with die back, which would need cutting out in the spring to a healthy fat bud.

So its just a case of training in over the next couple of years to get the frame work where you want it.

Pleased you planted another, I know a lot of fuss but when established look amazing.

Gg

cheers Gg, many thanks. looking forward to it growing into a big healthy great looking plant. I might put the galvanised wires in the wall this time though as advised by the guy from dobbies. he says they need strong support in their maturing years as their weight becomes very heavy...regards Davey.