Propagation
Take basal cuttings from the side shoots during late spring or semi hardwood cuttings in early summer and place in a protected environment with a bottom heat.

Grafting or layering during the growing period.
Young plants may also be transplanted during the dormant period.


Botanic information
Leaf: The pinnate leaves have 9-13 ovate to lanceolate leaflets up to 30 mm (1? in)wide with an acuminate apex and a short petiole. When young the leaves are pubescent on both sides and mature with a glabrous upper surface.

Flower: The papillionate flowers have a campanulate calyx with unequal triangular lobes and the corolla has a rounded standard petal with a falcate keel. The pedestal is long and the flowers are arranged in a pendant raceme that is up to 200 mm (7ľ in) long and appear from late spring to early summer with the new foliage.

Fruit: The pubescent leathery dehiscent pod has 2-valves and contains numerous large seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively to maintain true to type.


Pruning
Wisterias that are grown into trees or over natural structures require no training. When training over a structure prune back the leading shoot to 1 m (3 ft) long after planting and during the first growing season tie the lateral shoots to the structure.

When dormant in the first season cutback of the lateral shoots by one third. Similar pruning should be carried out over the next two seasons to obtain correct structure and once this has been accomplished the vine will require a light prune during late summer.