I have planted a hysteria vine and it has been a year it is not growing very well at all i keep it watered?

i have fertilized it also. what can i do to help it

I have planted a hysteria vine and it has been a year it is not growing very well at all i keep it watered?
Hi there,



I speak from experience.....we help our next door neighbor cut back his wisteria right after it blooms in the spring to make it bloom the following year. It works every time. We cut it back by as much as 1/3 to 1/2. It RECOVERS quickly. LOL! But it can also be cut back a couple of feet from the tip ends right after it blooms in the spring if you don't want to be so drastic. It blooms heavily every spring and is a beautiful green the rest of the summer.



One year the wisteria kept hitting our neighbor in the face while he was mowing, he got mad and cut it all the way to the ground. The next spring it was so heavy with flowers that you could not see the branches. It was absolutely beautiful! If we had one in our yard, I would cut it to the ground right after it blooms every spring. And like I said above, they recover quickly and are pretty all summer long.



If your lawn fertilizer is washing over into the soil of your wisteria, it will not bloom. Lawn fertilizer will cause pretty green leaves, but no flowers not only on the wisteria but any flower or shrub.



You can do the same with honeysuckles and trumpet vines.
Reply:Do you mean Wisteria? Don't over water the vine. Buy some fertilizer spikes to insert into the soil around your vine. Mix up Miracle Gro in a bucket %26amp; pour on the base of the vine from time to time as well.
Reply:lol. I love "hysteria vine"!



Wisteria is notoriously slow to establish. Usually 5-7 years until they bloom for you. (Unless you've purchased a really large gnarlly vine, in which case, you can probably cut a few years off the waiting period.)



Also, they do well with a little benign neglect. Fertilizing Wisteria usually gives you lots of leaves, and no flowers. A "stressed" vine will bloom better. Planting it between a sidewalk and driveway, or other mean of confining the roots, seems to work well, too.



Have patience is the best advice I can give you.
Reply:this is an issue for most vines. I just planted a clematis and it has grown a little. The first year they "creep" that means it doesn't grow that much. the second year they "leap" means they grow more than in the first year and keep growing. the third year they develop "blooms" and flowers. Most vines take time to get established. keep watering regularly but not too much and fertilizing it (check with the nursery to find out the right kind of fertilizer).