Wisteria bonsai material?

[brainfree]

Should I?
I’d dig it up in the spring if so.

 

[BonsaiPoppie]

Should I?
I’d dig it up in the spring if so.View attachment 567828

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[River's Edge]

Should I?
I’d dig it up in the spring if so.View attachment 567828

If you are looking for a fast growing, quick result but difficult to refine species. Go for it! Looks great in the landscape. I have seen amazing examples in Bonsai gardens as Large backdrop specimens. Very rarely anything worth celebrating in a bonsai pot. Bit it can be done.

 

[rockm]

Should I?
I’d dig it up in the spring if so.View attachment 567828

Very collectible and probably should be given it's next to your (or somebody's) house. Left there it will become a problem. Wisteria shouldn't be planted so close to structures that you don't want damaged. Easy enough to dig (in the spring). Saw it out of the ground six inches out from the trunk sever the roots. Or you can aim for a rootball using a shovel if you want alot of work.

Plunk it in a deep container with a third bonsai soil and two thirds potting soil (yeah, regular potting soil or topsoil) keep it moist. Stand back.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

What @rockm said. But be ready to water frequently as they are thirsty buggers. One summer I kept one of mine in a shallow stream in the backyard iit loved it. When I collected mine it looked a lot like yours but if a few years it grew like crazy.

As collected April 2019



April 2024



As collected April 2019



April 2023

 

[shohin_branches]

Please collect it! They're very invasive and having them grow next to a structure you care about is not ideal. When I was a kid I planted a Chinese wisteria next to my parents house to grow up the side trellis so I could eventually make it a bonsai. I went away to college and the thing grew from the base of the exposed basement and up two floors into the attic of the house.

 

[brainfree]

Thanks for all your comments….and the inspiring pictures of them flowering.
I have two growing right beside each other. That’s why I figured I’d get rid of this one….or at least turn it into a bonsai. I know they grow like CRAZY. I planted these guys about ten years ago and every fall I have to prune excessively.
I have another thread here on here about an air layer I created last year.

 

[Mats Hagström]

My experience is limited but I have air layered wisteria for the last two seasons. They are easy to layer and do well after seperation. Last year one beach caught a hose going to a second story balcony. That beach offered better sunlight up high and the beach grew 20’ during last summer. I layered the branch around late July and got a 20’ separated wisteria. They seem to take years before putting on girth though. I’m guessing ground growing then chopping is the way to go. Someday I hope to have a nice fat wisteria to layer. I’ve also thought about grafting into mature wood but have not tried grafting wisteria yet. More to learn,