I bought a standard wisteria last year, but got it mail order and when it arrived it was such a weedy little thing. (It was a no return thing so I just accepted it as it was) . Anyway I planted it up and as it grew it seemed to send off long shoots and I was worried about it not being a standard at all and it being the climber. I know nothing at all about wisterias so then I forgot all about it in the pot.
When spring arrived I found it amongst the pots of daffodils and it had really started sprouting and looked quite good. At the moment it is once more sending out long shoots and I just wondered if I needed to do anything with them or just leave them alone. I am presuming that it is a standard, the picture on the leaflet when I ordered it showed it in a pot on the patio absolutely covered in lovely flowers. I never noticed any long shoots on the picture. Since then I have heard that they take 6 years before they flower. Is that correct? I wonder how old mine is !!