Pinch the wisteria to promote new blooms

Wisteria produces very twirling young stems immediately after flowering. Pinching them helps to discipline the plant and promote flowering by concentrating the sap.

When to pinch wisteria?

The well-placed branches of the young plants are not pinched, to let the wisteria form its framework.
On the formed subjects , pinch the long tender shoots. Act during the summer. It may be necessary to repeat the operation a second or third time.

Necessary material

• Shears

How to pinch wisteria?

Leave only two leaves on each new branch, still green.
On tree wisteria, leave only one leaf per shoot.
On important matters, a shear size, although approximate, is more than enough.

After the pinch

Wisteria in trees tend, to compensate for the loss of their shoots, to emit creeping stems at the base. Cut them flush.