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^iijesti0tx graurer 



WISTARIA NOT FLOWERINCr. 



Sir, — Could you through the columns of your 

 paper give me any information how to make a white 

 Wistaria blossom. It has been planted about ten 

 years again.st a south wall, slightly under an over- 

 hanging roof. I have tried partial roof pruning, and 

 have tried spur pruning as well as less severe top 

 pruning, but no plan seems to induce it to bloom. 

 The plant has a fine healthy foliage but no blossom. 



Toronto, Ont. F. W. 



Answered by Wm. Hunt, O. A. C, 

 Guelph. 



Wistarias are sometimes very fickle and 

 difficult to induce to flower. The over- 

 hanging roof mentioned is certainly of no 

 benefit to the plant in this respect. 



I would recommend that the plant be well 

 pruned back late this autumn, or still better 



early next spring, and if possible the plant 

 removed to a more open position. If this 

 — from the age and size of the plant — is not 

 practicable, dig a trench around the plant 

 about 3 feet from the base of the stem, 

 about 2 feet deep and i foot in width. Fill 

 this trench with fairly large stones, rubble, 

 or gravel, so as to confine the roots some- 

 what more than they jrobably are at pres- 

 ent. I tried this plan once on a plant of 

 Wistaria that had been planted for eight 

 years without flowering, and it proved quite 

 successful in bringing it into flower. This 

 plant I purchased for a white Wistaria, but 

 it proved to be a worthless variety with 

 short stunted racemes of dull blue flowers. 



