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usonian

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2. I don't see why you can't grow wisteria in Colorado.
Sun Apr 17, 2022, 09:15 PM
Apr 2022
https://www.whatswhyhow.com/what-zones-can-wisteria-grow-in/
Chinese wisteria grows best in United States Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones 5 through 8, where the average low temperature ranges from minus 20 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Japanese wisteria flourishes in hardiness zones 4 through 9.

There! If you know zones!
That said, they go dormant in winter. I recall seeing them in New England, and pretty much everywhere.

I lucked onto a very straight stemmed one and I'm training it into a wisteria tree. You can pay quite a lot to buy one already trained, as it takes years.

The NEATEST thing about wisteria is that they make seed pods, which fall and curl up. As they dry, they develop a lot of tension. So, they just explode whenever they are ready to do so, releasing the seeds.

Ask a local nursery. The vines come in containers, with a stake to hold them up. I made a sturdy tripod of three plant stakes. The wisteria trees (if you keep them pruned) don't spread all over, but the spreading habit is real pretty in the right place, and with a very strong support structure or fence.

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