wisteria - June 14th, 2003 at 07:47 PM
I have the common purple wisteria growing in the open, in full sun, in the back yard. It's several years old now and I'm ready to make something to wire it too.
I've just spent an hour perusing google looking for pictures of trellis' and other things for them but have failed to come up with anything.
I have the wood:
4x4x8 feet chunks of treated wood to be cemented into the ground.
2x2x4 feet for the lattice work which will be fastened to the 4x4s with 'L' brackets and screws.
Some questions I have about the setting of this contraption I'm making.
Should it be run east and west?
An 'L' Shape with the plant inside the 'L' and the trellis going east and south?
How long should I make this thing?
I don't have a huge back yard and I don't really want this wooden thing to monopolize the back yard.
I was thinking of an 'L' shape, (with the wisteria inside the corner) eight to ten foot long on both angles, and about four feet high around the plant then raising the heigth up at in stages to six feet.
Anyone grow these plant or have any other suggestions? I'm game for anything.
I've just spent an hour perusing google looking for pictures of trellis' and other things for them but have failed to come up with anything.
I have the wood:
4x4x8 feet chunks of treated wood to be cemented into the ground.
2x2x4 feet for the lattice work which will be fastened to the 4x4s with 'L' brackets and screws.
Some questions I have about the setting of this contraption I'm making.
Should it be run east and west?
An 'L' Shape with the plant inside the 'L' and the trellis going east and south?
How long should I make this thing?
I don't have a huge back yard and I don't really want this wooden thing to monopolize the back yard.
I was thinking of an 'L' shape, (with the wisteria inside the corner) eight to ten foot long on both angles, and about four feet high around the plant then raising the heigth up at in stages to six feet.
Anyone grow these plant or have any other suggestions? I'm game for anything.