Wisteria is a highly floriferous deciduous vine with strongly fragrant hanging panicles in mid spring. The long drooping raceme sporting fragrant pea-like flowers that can be white, pink, or purple, and attract bees and butterflies in droves. Flat brown seedpods that can be fuzzy (Asian) or smooth (American) follow the flowers. Blooms best in full sun and well-drained soil. Wisteria is fast growing and can be an extremely aggressive spreader.
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Type: |
Perennial, Vine |
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Origins: |
Various |
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Height: |
10’ - 25’ |
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Spread: |
10’ - 15’ |
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Spacing: |
12’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5- 9 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Various |
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Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium maintenance. Water regularly. No significant diseases or pest issues. Failure to bloom may be due to being in too much shade, frost damage to buds, improper pruning or over-fertilization, or being too young.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen or Mass Plantings, Wildlife Garden, Native Gardens, Trellises and Walls, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Rose, Daylily, Salvia
IMAGES: 4028mdk09, Blauregen 2010, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Sgerbic, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden 2018 (17), CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Lionel Allorge, Centre horticole de la Ville de Paris a Rungis 2011 173, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Nevit Dilmen, Flower 04376 n, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
