Japanese Wisteria Plant

Among the darkest purple wisteria cultivars award winning wisteria floribunda royal purple japanese wisteria produces stunning tresses of sweetly scented pea like violet flowers up to 20 in.

Japanese wisteria plant. This plant has some cultivated varieties. Long 60 cm packed with pea like pale rose flowers tipped with purple. The floribunda in the botanic name of the japanese wisteria wisteria floribunda literally means abundant flowers and that s exactly what it has. Go to list of cultivars.

Blooming in late spring or early summer the flowers are followed by attractive bean like pods which ripen in late summer and may persist into winter. It was brought from japan to the united states in the 1830s. Review of risks should be undertaken before selecting this vine for planting sites. The pendulous fragrant flower shoots racemes grow to an enormous 60cm or more in length.

Wisteria floribunda common name japanese wisteria is a species of flowering plant in the pea family fabaceae native to japan. Since then it has become one of the most highly romanticized flowering garden plants. Equally attractive is the. Other common names japanese wisteria family fabaceae genus wisteria are vigorous woody climbers with twining stems bearing pinnate leaves and long pendulous racemes of fragrant pea like flowers in spring and early summer.

Equally attractive is the dense foliage of fresh green pinnate leaves which consist of 11 to 19 lance shaped leaflets that turns. Blooming from the base of each cluster to the tip they appear in late spring or early summer along with the leaves. The flowers are followed by attractive bean like pods which ripen in late summer and may persist into winter. Japanese wisteria is a beautiful vine in flower but it is an aggressive grower and is considered invasive in some areas especially in the southern united states.