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Scientific
Name
Wisteria
floribunda
Common
Name
Japanese
wisteria
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Hardiness Zone: 5-9 |
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Habit: Deciduous
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Growth
Rate: Moderate
to rapid |
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Texture:
Medium
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Height:
35'
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Exposure:
Sun
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Climbing
Method: Twining
clockwise |
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Flower/
Fruit: Fragrant
bluish-purple, white, pink flowers (9 to 20 inches long); flowering
begins at the base of each cluster |
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Comments:
Longer bloom period than Chinese wisteria; leaves have 13 to 19
leaflets
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Cultivars:
Alba (white), Carnea
(pink), Donimic, Honbeni
(pink-lavender), Issai (violet-blue), Kuchibeni (mauve-pink), Lawrence
(blue-violet), Longissima (light purple), Non
Nishiki, Praecox (more dwarf; blue purple), Purpurea (purple),
Reindeer, Rosea (pale
pink), Royal Purple (purple), Rubra (deep pink), Shiro Noda (white),
Violacea Plena (violet, double), White
Blue Eyes, Mauobotrys, Longissima Alba (white), Issai
Perfect (white)
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© Erv Evans,
Consumer Horticulturist
Shoprights NC State University
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