give them a month- they're really not the quickest things to leaf out- has something to do with the structure of the leaf clusters.

give them morning sun, and some afternoon shade just to keep them from drying out, and the should be fine.

How is your wisteria doing now?

Stellinate, thanks for asking. We are still looking at twigs sticking out of dirt, I gave 2 of the "twigs" to family recently, but their's are doing nothing, I just checked with them... so I will try contacting the seller and see what he will do for me. . . I will look for reputable nurseries from now on for this vine.

In the meantime, my daughter has a knack for pointing out wisterias in various places near us... they are so interesting, those grape-like clusters hanging down...I was wondering how long the color of the blooms stays with the vine, it seems around our western ny area they fade after a couple of weeks. But I still want to get some and plant them.

I recently put a post on like this (wisteria - not a flower issue) and it was suggested that my plants may be choking their own roots. I dug them up and thought, maybe, the tangle didn't look THAT tight but I went ahead and root pruned the area I thought may be causing a problem.

That was less than a week ago and I check my 'stick' daily. I think maybe it is starting to grow (there are little green bumps just barely starting to emerge in 3-4 places around my stick).

You aren't going to lose anything by taking a look like I did and try and replant them.

I am sure I will know if something is happening within another week.

The 3 stick wisteria I have, had no ball of roots when I received them in the mail, just maybe 2 roots about an inch long each coming off the main root, and these roots have not grown..but my daughter is going to plant it outdoors, as you said, we can't lose anything by trying. But I will be contacting the seller today to see what he says about it.

Something is beginning to happen to my stick. I am thrilled.

Mine had 3 roots that you described that grew (in a full year) to about 12-18 inches. One of the roots lopped over a second one starting to hold on. It didnt' look tight enough to hinder it, but it must have been, I cut the offender off at the base and now something is beginning to happen in just a short time.

If the supplier is working with you on a new and healthy plant......hoorah, but if not perhaps there is hope. When posters suggested the root situation I thought no way, a wisteria is a wild grower who would probably love adverse conditions not a tender picky little thing.

Here is what is beginning on my Wisteria, I rather imagine the dead sticks you have look a lot like mine (I lopped the top half of it off prior to root pruning as it was not green up there but below it was).

Good luck and keep us posted on how this works out.

First, thanks Stellinate for the nice picture of your growing "stick." As for my three, I must say after seeing yours, I have to laugh... all 3 of mine are thinner than a pencil! I did contact the seller and told him I thought they were dead but he would not accomodate me. So I called my other family members, one threw hers out, one left hers on the back porch in a pot, and my daughter planted hers.
My daughter forgot about hers and planted over it, after all it was just a stick! Sister in law threw hers out. Last but not least, my sister went to throw hers out and surprize -- one new root! Called me with the news. So, I have learned patience here, even if you get a sticks in the mail, with no root ball and have had them for six months, don't give up. And probably, go to the nursery where I can see what I'm getting, even it may cost a few bucks more.
Keep us posted on the progress of your wisteria . . .
Cheflara