Lovely plant.
I've seen it growing in all types of soil.
Yes, dig in compost at planting time. After that, leave it alone. It thrives on neglect. If you baby it, you'll only get healthy green growth.

After that:

prune and prune and prune and prune.

Mine was fine for the first 10 years when I kept on top of it. It tends to get out of hand unless you're diligent.

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OK, I'm just going to moan and whine cause I can't get it to grow here, much less flower here. Then again, maybe if global warming continues....is it bad to hope for something bad for the earth, just so you can have a plant you lust after...???

Nancy.

Heavy machinery.

LOL, Nell!

Annie,

Pink Wisteria sounds like a beautiful addition to your garden. As long as you keep your pruning equipment handy, and you have a strong arbor, it sounds like you will be ok.

In this climate it grows like a monster. A neighbor down the street had one growing against an outside wall of his home. He let it get away from him, and it started winding around his gutters. The weight of it eventually tore the gutters away from the house!

Does it have the same bloom time as the purple variety?

Marilyn

Libby,

yours is so beautiful. I showed that photo to my DH. He loves it too. He grew wisteria in his yard before we met. It never bloomed. Climbed all the way up the tree. When I lived in Louisiana they grew wild out in the country. In Spring the trees were abloom with them. The fragrance was heavenly.
So we both wanted this plant and that is a biggie. He is willing to help with the pruning. (he prunes the Virginia Creeper and English Ivy we have growing on our house that we both love). I will shape and he can do the monster control.
In our area, Wisteria blooms in late Spring and again in Autumn. It blooms for a long time, too. Yours is covered in blooms! I want mine to look that good! What I want to know is how often do I need to prune it? Does pruning affect blooming, either positively or negatively?
Thanks everyone!

Annie

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I can't find the pic of the white wisteria.

I prune all summer, cutting back the long shoots that put out past the spurs where the blooms were. I've had rebloom this month, not like in spring, but enough to notice. If the wisterias here are not kept cut, they climb trees, run across the yard, all kinds of hijinks.

Here's a good site (with pictures) that will help you understand pruning.

Here is a link that might be useful: pruning wisteria

Prune, prune, prune is the name of the game with this one now that mine has finally covered the alloted area.
The one I have was supposed to be pink but turned out mauve. I bought it when it was quite small 2'? it was covered in flower buds :o). All mine wanted to do was bloom, it took ages to form a framework.
In a good year it gives me three lots of blooms although the second and third are much less than the first. I've also almost lost it twice to late freezes after a very mild winter.
Annie, I think yours will look absolutely charming over your patio arbor, my daughter has one covering a small section of what was going to be a pergola. Hers is a double called Black Dragon, it's a real beauty and no it hasn't taken over the whole yard even though it is only pruned once a year.

Annette

Here's the white. It has a pinkish cast.

Wisterias go nuts here too. My mom gets her axe after hers Wisteria tree at least once a month from June thru September or else it climbs up the crepe myrtle tree or all over the yard on the ground. The ones she grew in her old house did not spread like that. It grew up her Louisiana pine trees, but it did not grow all over ground or yard.

Our patio pergola is not built yet, but the wisteria was on SALE 50% off! How could I pass that up, now I ask you?

I forgot to mention that it is a Wisteria Tree. It is about 7-8 feet tall in the pot. Nicely shaped and already bushy on top. The trunks intertwine up and around the bamboo pole it was trained upon and it looks really pretty. No blooms, but it has a bloom bud forming on a lower limb. We shall see if it is pink. I don't really care what color it is, although I do hope it will be pink.

"foxesearth", that pinkish white is so very pretty. Elegant...Victorian. Do you have a full photo of that plant and the neighboring plants. I would like to see that.

Annie