Wisteria
Even out of flower I find the gnarled, tortured branches of the wisteria attractive. In full blossom there can be few more beautiful climbing shrubs. One of the loveliest associations I have never seen was when wisteria was used to cover an arch over a clear pool and cascade.
The exquisite flowers, and soothing music of running water captured a peace denied :o most gardens. Where the twining shoots are aLlowed complete freedom, as when growing over a tall tree, little pruning is possible. Those growing, in a restricted area, like a house wall, will need restraint to produce a proper crop of blossoms.
I sually cut back the long shoots yielded annually to about 2 or 3 buds in August. Once a framework is established, spur pruning can be done in November, cutting to within 3 in. of the old Wood. A shrub of such quality should be given f:e choice position on a sun-baked wall so the wood will ripen thoroughly. The species most often planted, Wisteria chinensis (sinensis) has fragrant flowers which are deep mauve in colour and carried in long racemes.
The various forms of the Common Grape Vine, V. vinifera, arc grown for ornament rather than fruit. Only the most optimistic would expect a profitable return from a vine outdoors except in a few favOured localites. The form known as apiifolia or Parsley Vine is enjoying a burst of popularity no previously recorded because of a growing interest in flower arranging.
A GLANCE at any reputable nurseryman’s catalogue will give an indication of just how easy, and expensive, it can be to stock a large garden with a representative collection of shrubs. Indeed the owner of a bare plot of earth can become a thing obsessed, his life governed by the sole pursuit of plants to hide the nakedness.
Layering in April into a peat and sand compost is the easiest method of propagation.
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