As summer rolls in gardening experts are sharing tips on how to keep your plants healthy. There are tasks to carry out in summertime that ensure stunning blooms and the ongoing vibrancy of your favourite garden features.
Wisteria is a much-loved English garden flowering climber – and many fans of the plant will be admiring its blooms at this time of year.
Whether it’s a feature on your house, wall or outdoor shed there’s one simple thing you should do now to keep it at its best for longer.
Described as a ‘hungry plant’ by Gardener’s World experts, wisteria needs a particular kind of fertiliser to thrive.
The Gardener’s World website shared a report on ‘how to grow wisteria’ and there is something growers should do right now to ensure the fragrant plant gets enough nutrients.
The experts shared their wisdom about this stunning climber, stating that ‘wisteria is a hungry plant’ needing more than just watering.
On the Gardener’s World website, experts said: “Feed monthly with a high potash fertiliser during the growing season, to encourage more flowers to bloom. Water and feed pot-grown wisterias weekly.”
They added that when the next season rolls in (autumn) gardeners should mulch their wisteria with an organic homemade compost, or ‘well-rotted horse manure’.
Carrying out this essential method and regularly using fertiliser will ensure this hungry plant gets everything it needs to stay healthy.
Fertiliser feeding will help the wisteria bloom at its best year on year – when a plant doesn’t flower, it can be due to not having enough nutrition.
Expert gardening journalist David Hurrion discussed the topic in a ‘quick tips’ video on the Gardener’s World website.
He said it’s also very important that wisterias are planted in full sun to do their best – and that fertiliser with a high nitrogen content should be avoided.
Nitrogen rich fertiliser may leave you with more leaves than flowers, he explained, informing gardeners of the importance of a potash type feed instead for super blooms.
Many flower enthusiasts experience a common issue when growing wisteria – very few flowers.
However, using the right fertiliser at the right time of year will help with this problem.
Gardener’s World experts also explained that juvenile plants may not flower in their early years – which is something else to consider if you have a lack of blooms.
The Gardener’s World explained: “Wisterias take time to flower; expecting flowers before the plant is four years old may be unrealistic.”
