Thin out all the weedy straggly bits; cut long stems back to about 1-1.5m from the main stem. Cut back to good flowering buds. Clean out dead, diseased and damaged shoots. Thin out the canopy to allow more light to get into the main plant.
I would recommend doing a heavy cut now, then a light summer pruning just to keep the light getting to the wood which will promote flowering.
Taltyelemna on
Prune everything until you reach the sturdiest branches (at that point, I’m calling them branches) and just keep the structure. The big stems you can either keep whole or prune to 1.5m. On my own wisteria I keep them because I’m using the length for privacy in summer, but you do you.
It’ll bounce back like crazy. Done right now it should still flower this year. And in July you’ll weep because without another lighter summer prune it’ll be a jungle again.
Valuable-Ice-8795 on
I’d identify two main stems you want to keep and remove the rest
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Thin out all the weedy straggly bits; cut long stems back to about 1-1.5m from the main stem. Cut back to good flowering buds. Clean out dead, diseased and damaged shoots. Thin out the canopy to allow more light to get into the main plant.
I would recommend doing a heavy cut now, then a light summer pruning just to keep the light getting to the wood which will promote flowering.
Prune everything until you reach the sturdiest branches (at that point, I’m calling them branches) and just keep the structure. The big stems you can either keep whole or prune to 1.5m. On my own wisteria I keep them because I’m using the length for privacy in summer, but you do you.
It’ll bounce back like crazy. Done right now it should still flower this year. And in July you’ll weep because without another lighter summer prune it’ll be a jungle again.
I’d identify two main stems you want to keep and remove the rest