It’s time for Wisteria to bloom! Wisteria sinensis or Chinese wisteria is a beauty! This vigorous twining vine is native to Asia. It is especially prized for its beautiful pendulous blossoms each spring.
Widely seen across the east, Wisteria is extremely hardy and long-lived. It has the ability to climb high and will climb anything that it can, including native trees, eventually overtaking them. If left on its own, Wisteria has the ability to become invasive.
In the garden, it must be supported with sturdy architecture and managed. It’s flowers are pea-like and range from white to pink to violet blue and purple. The flower clusters can grow from six inches to 20 inches in length and are extremely fragrant!
This plant is now found from Maine to Florida and west to Arkansas. It prefers full sun and well-drained soils.
Walk with me down Wisteria Lane.
So pretty! Reminds me of Ravello, Italy.
ReplyDeleteThe Wisteria is just starting to come out in Atlanta. Pretty blog you have.
ReplyDeleteThe fragrance is one of those permanent memories. You can smell wisteria driving 60 in the right places. One of the pretties things I've seen is white wisteria and yellow roses growing over a porch at Boone Hall north of Charleston. The fragrance almost knocked me over.
ReplyDeleteYou know...I have never, in any of our homes, had the pleasure of Wisteria. Loved the Dan Fogelberg song back in HS...love the catalog. But never grew the vine. It is soooo beautiful. Think it is out of our zone, though.
ReplyDeleteI love wisteria and used to covet it when I lived in the Midwest. It grows here like mad and I've been going to take photos. Maybe today.
ReplyDeletesorry to post this as a comment, but I don’t have your email.
ReplyDeleteI am regular visitor of your blog..
Sir i would request to write more about green architecture...
architects as architecural know more about Green eco architectural designs are reusable materials, green designs etc.. ..… Create an Eco friendly Green design… Save Earth.. interior designers Bangalore as of natural materials interior designers in Bangalore with almost modern concepts architects bangalore
My wisteria is growing up into my birch trees but it is so beautiful and when it blooms its even more beautiful..is it going to eventually kill my trees? should i not allow it to grow up into the trees?
ReplyDeleteanonymous is actually email at sherocks222@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletecfgvd
ReplyDelete