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Fabaceae
Wisteria
Wisteria
Long life, immortality, poetic romance.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Wisteria
- Native to
- East Asia, Eastern United States
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- deciduous woody vine
- Height
- 9–20 m climbing
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Water
- Regular
- Hardiness
- 5–9
- Lifespan
- 100+ years
Did you know
- The largest wisteria in the world, at Sierra Madre, California, covers an acre and weighs 250 tons — planted in 1894.
- Japan's Ashikaga Flower Park hosts a famous wisteria that creates an otherworldly canopy of hanging purple blooms.
- Wisteria can take 7–15 years from planting to first bloom — patience is required.
- All parts except the flowers contain toxic lectins and wisterin glycosides.
- A mature wisteria vine can split wood and crush gutters — sturdy supports are essential.