Wisteria ? Runner or sucker

Igrowfromseed

About 5 feet’s from my wisteria is what appears to be a runner with a leaf. It’s got a woody stem which leads away from the main plant. I suppose it could be a sucker off the parent plants root?
Any suggestions?

StephenSouthwest

I'm pretty sure Wisteria doesn't get grafted onto different rootstock, so I'd say it's a runner rather than a sucker.

Igrowfromseed

Thanks. It’s had a solid stem for 10 years and all growth has gone up the house wall. Can’t see how a runner could have escaped my notice! Interesting.

purplerallim

My Alba is grafted.

WallflowerBry

My wisteria is always putting out runners.  I probably cut off around a dozen each summer.

fidgetbones

Most wisteria are grafted. If you can layer a shoot from above the graft , you can gave a plant on its own roots.  If it is a grafted plant then something from below the graft point could be  used a s a base plant for grafting  on to.

Igrowfromseed

Any idea what they are grafted on to? Is it a generic wisteria or something else? The leaf on my rogue has a wisteria leaf. 

BobTheGardener

Igrowfromseed said:

Any idea what they are grafted on to? Is it a generic wisteria or something else? The leaf on my rogue has a wisteria leaf. 

I'm pretty sure they use seed-grown wisteria as rootstocks.

StephenSouthwest

fidgetbones said:

Most wisteria are grafted. If you can layer a shoot from above the graft , you can gave a plant on its own roots.  If it is a grafted plant then something from below the graft point could be  used a s a base plant for grafting  on to.

Thanks for the correction - great for me to keep learning.

Igrowfromseed

Just had a closer inspection and there are 2 new shoots coming I suspect from the root stock?

Lizzie27

Yes, that looks likely. Mine has done the same this year. I just cut them off.