Vines and Climbers: My DH does love me, 1 by crestedchik

crestedchik wrote:
While at HD last week I saw a wisteria blooming,grabbed one and it was 45 bucks..... my DH dragged me away(kicking and screaming, I might add)
Well,I've been back there twice since then and drooled...almost went into my stash that I have saved for my trip to Susies.....
tonite Chuck came home from work,he had to stop and pick up the pressure washer that was being fixed.Told me he needed help getting it out of the truck

I opened the tailgate.....and it was in there!!!!!!!
I was screaming again....LOL

The thing I found odd was that all three blooming wistera were still there
I think I know why now
Chuck said the sales lady didn't want to sell it
tried to talk him out of it ...
BECAUSE
they are not hardy here
she said if we plant it outside it will die
now I know there are wisteria that are hardy here
My Mom had a gorgeous one
but she sold her house
I had one for years that never bloomed
in fact its still trying to come up from where I cut it down

this one is marked just
Wisteria Sinensis
when I googled it I got conflicting zones on it
one said 3-9
one said 6,7,8
one said to -10 degrees
(it goes to -28 here)

I'm going to pot it up and keep it in the GH for the winter but would like to know ....
is it hardy or not