Thanks, Angela, and on the wisteria I can sympathize with you guys as I have gone through the same thing twice, the last time being about a month ago and I worked for about three days and even then didn't probably manage to remove all the runners but removed about a pickup truck load even after coiling them up to conserve space. My ex neighbor thought that he had eliminated it more than ten years ago and this is the third time around for me! This time I drilled many small holes into the medium tree stumps and filled them with full strength roundup as was suggested on it's label, but know that there are many small plants that have sprouted up, and will have to check and spray several times a month during the growing season with the normal diluted solution---I think! I Know that I heaved and pulled in uprooting runners at least forty feet long and suspect that was really the cause of my leg injury. We recently received a 2018 calendar from the Paralyzed Veterans of America featuring information from The Old Farmer's Almanac offering some more suitable forms and was intending to send you a copy of that section but can't get the *#*# printer to recognize the computer so will take a whack at typing some of it's comments: "WISTERIA WISE----Wisteria has enchanted gardeners for centuries with it's dramatic clusters of flowers in blue, pink, purple, and white. Unfortunately, the lovely Chinese and Japanese forms (Wisteria sinensis, W. floribunda) are also weedy and destructive. As an alternative, consider growing less-invasive natives, such as American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens, shown). This high-climbing and fragrant vine blooms from April to May. Its counterclockwise growing habit creates interest in the garden with its thick and twisted woody vines. Train vines to grow on a freestanding arbor. pergola, post, trellis, fence or terrace wall." With all that said I don't think that I will ever plant any kind, Angela! Will send you the image of the American one separately as I haven't downloaded the image yet and am afraid that I will lose this message if I attempt to include it now!

OH MY... so you do no how we feel!! I've always loved wisteria and if I only knew then what I know now... I'll never plant any variety ever again!! When my neighbor planted the bamboo and every day David and I would pull out roots forever in fear it would go through my pond, we cursed every minute... but at least the bamboo was easier to deal with than wisteria!! I know there are roots down deep and we'll be dealing with this mess for years to come.... When we had it cut down with the maple, David did drill holes in the stump and poured in stump killer, he axed it away yesterday and it did rot, but not before sending off roots after roots... ugh!!
Take care, Corky and don't work too hard... and I hope you leg is feeling better, along with your back!!!

I read your and Corky's rants about Wisteria. Corky had me fully convinced to stay away, far, far away from Wisteria. Then he threw in that bit about American Wisteria. Sigh. I have a long history of only learning from my own mistakes and even then I often have to repeat the mistakes before learning. Oh, dear. I feel a potential mistake coming on. How many years before you regretted the wisteria? Maybe I won't live that long. Something to leave for my heirs to remember me by.