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CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! ASKI Welcome to My weekly series! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs, Inc. for the last 26 years. She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany, an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional, a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects. Dear Linda: My Wisteria hasn't bloomed for years. I wonder what to do. It's frustrating to drive by so many Wisteria in full bloom and mine doesn't have a single blossom. I look forward to your advice. Thanks, Alan Hi Alan, Here are a few suggestions: 1. Cut out a 3-4 ft ring around the base of the Wisteria and place 2" of mulch in the ring. The mulch ring will help delineate where not to put the lawn fertilizer which is Nitrogen based. Lawn fertilizer contamination within the root zone of the Wisteria will cause lots of leaves and no flowers on your wisteria. Mulch will also help keep the soil cool and moist around the base of the plant. 2. Put Flowertone organic fertilizer around the base of the Wisteria in the Fall only. Work it into the soil and water it in. Flowertone has the Phosphorus in it to encourage flowering along with other minerals that plants need. Do not fertilize in the Spring, because you will most likely get leaf growth only, because Wisteria blooms in early to mid-May. 3. Make sure your Wisteria is in Full Sun. Full Sun means 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sunshine. Sunlight is needed to produce flowers. If the Wisteria is in shade, it will not produce flowers. 4. Make sure you don't have overly saturated or overly dry soil around base of the plant. Soil containing normal moisture is the best. 5. Wisteria must be pruned at the correct time of the year, or the flower buds for next year's flowers can inadvertently be cut off. Since the Wisteria blooms in early-mid May, the proper time to prune is in July (usually before July 4th). If you wait until mid-late Summer or Fall to prune, you will cut off next year's flower buds. Cut the Wisteria stems back to within (3) buds from the base of the plant. These remaining buds will produce next year's stems and flowers. Good Luck! Sprigs & Twigs EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO: info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335 SPRICS & TWIGS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR! best CELEBRATING 26 YEARS ! ASKI Welcome to My weekly series ! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs , Inc. for the last 26 years . She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany , an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional , a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects . Dear Linda : My Wisteria hasn't bloomed for years . I wonder what to do . It's frustrating to drive by so many Wisteria in full bloom and mine doesn't have a single blossom . I look forward to your advice . Thanks , Alan Hi Alan , Here are a few suggestions : 1. Cut out a 3-4 ft ring around the base of the Wisteria and place 2 " of mulch in the ring . The mulch ring will help delineate where not to put the lawn fertilizer which is Nitrogen based . Lawn fertilizer contamination within the root zone of the Wisteria will cause lots of leaves and no flowers on your wisteria . Mulch will also help keep the soil cool and moist around the base of the plant . 2. Put Flowertone organic fertilizer around the base of the Wisteria in the Fall only . Work it into the soil and water it in . Flowertone has the Phosphorus in it to encourage flowering along with other minerals that plants need . Do not fertilize in the Spring , because you will most likely get leaf growth only , because Wisteria blooms in early to mid - May . 3. Make sure your Wisteria is in Full Sun. Full Sun means 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sunshine . Sunlight is needed to produce flowers . If the Wisteria is in shade , it will not produce flowers . 4. Make sure you don't have overly saturated or overly dry soil around base of the plant . Soil containing normal moisture is the best . 5. Wisteria must be pruned at the correct time of the year , or the flower buds for next year's flowers can inadvertently be cut off . Since the Wisteria blooms in early - mid May , the proper time to prune is in July ( usually before July 4th ) . If you wait until mid - late Summer or Fall to prune , you will cut off next year's flower buds . Cut the Wisteria stems back to within ( 3 ) buds from the base of the plant . These remaining buds will produce next year's stems and flowers . Good Luck ! Sprigs & Twigs EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO : info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie , Sprigs & Twigs Inc , PO Box 245 , Gales Ferry , CT 06335 SPRICS & TWIGS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR ! best