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Wisteria Plants

"flori bunda macrobtrys multijuga"

Wisteria are robust hardy plants which require a sunny position to flower well. All wisteria flowers are scented.

Wisteria foliage and flowers are harmful if eaten.

Pruning:

Pruning is not a problem, once you have trained the young shoots to cover your structure/support, just shorten the growths of summer in late June or early July to six pairs of leaves. In winter, further prune back to 3 pairs. The summer pruning opens the wood to sunlight to allow it to ripen for the production of good flowers. Frost may damage the flowers.

Flowering:

All these varieties flower in late April/early May.

Brachybotrys Species

Variety	Known As	Description
Alba	Venusta Alba/ Shiro Kapitan	Compact trusses white
Showa Beni		Compact trusses pink
Wild Form	Venusta	Compact trusses, deep violet, distinct perfume

Floribunda Species

Variety	Known As	Description
Alba	Shiro Noda/ Longissima Alba	Long pointed trusses of white flowers
Black Dragon	Kokuryu	Small flower mid blue
Black Dragon Double	Yae Kokuryu/ violacea plena	The only double flowered wisteria. Deep purple
Domino	Issai	Mid purple/blue long trusses
Macrobotrys	Multi juga	Very long trusses of pale mauve flowers
Nana Richen's Purple		Late Flowering, deep purple small growing variety
Peaches-Cream	Kuchibeni	Very long trusses of pale mauve & cream fading to white
Purple Snake	Royal Purple	Long trusses Deep Purple
Rosea	Honbeni	Long trusses magenta/pink flowers

Hybrids

Variety	Description
Formosa	Short trusses of mid blue, late flowering
Hockier Edge	Similar to Lavender Lace but more vigorous
Lavender Lace	V. long trusses pale blue with large flowers

Sinensis

Variety	Description
Alba	Pointed compact trusses
Amethyst	Deep violet purple - good perfumed, compact trusses
Carolyn	Compact gray blue trusses
Consequa	Deep purple blue, compact pointed trusses

The information on this page was originally published on the web at thelaurelsnursery.co.uk, however that website is defunct at December 2008.