Vines and Climbers: Training wisteria, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Tamara, you could plant them in the ground, but they would be a bear to dig up and would suffer transplant shock after you dug them up. I would plant them side by side (maybe a foot apart) in a container slightly bigger than their combined root ball, and you can repot them when they become rootbound. Depending upon where you ordered your plants from, they may be very small, and they may also grow slowly at first.

I have eight wisterias, and they are all growing in containers. I'm a renter, and I want to take them with me when I move. Wisterias do very well in containers and are often used in bonsai. My largest tree is trained as a standard and is in a 15-gallon container. It is doing very well even though it is slightly rootbound. When it gets too rootbound and doesn't take up water very well, you can take it out of its container and trim the roots and repot with fresh soil. Using this method, you can keep one (or two) in a container for years. This is a great link for information: http://www.plantamnesty.org/pruning_tips/pt_wisteria.htm There is also a great book about wisterias by Peter Valder if you are interested: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0881923184/qid...

Here are a couple of mine on either side of an arbor: