Wisteria
Wisteria species FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)
Planting and Growing Wisteria Vines
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow wisteria in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, seed pods, and seeds of wisteria
- Growing conditions for wisteria
- When to plant wisteria
- How to plant wisteria
- How to prune wisteria
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of wisteria
- Landscape uses of wisteria
- Pest and disease control for wisteria
Growing Wisteria Vines
About 10 species of fast-growing, climbing, twining, woody deciduous tropical lianas or vines, to 100 ft. (30 m) or longer. Alternate, soft, green, feathery, divided leaves, with 9–19 leaflets, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, turning yellow in autumn.
Commonly cultivated species include Wisteria floribunda and Wisteria sinensis.
Wisteria Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Seeds
Many showy, often fragrant, blue, lilac, white, pealike flowers, to 3/4-in. (19-mm) long, in grapelike, dangling clusters, 6–48 in. (15–120 cm) long, in summer, forming dry, beanlike pods in autumn.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 5–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Average–low. 6.0–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun, 8–10 ft. (2.4–3 m) apart, after soil warms.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Avoid fertilizing. Provide sturdy supports. Pinch, prune to train, shape, control growth. Protect from frost until established. Propagate by cuttings, division, grafting, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, fences, trellises, walls in cottage, formal, heritage gardens. Good for seasonal shade. Invasive, heavy. Pest and disease resistant.