Japanese Wisteria Wisteria floribunda
- Description
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Can be aggressive with invasive tendency, due to rampant growth and rooting surface runners. Woody deciduous vine that requires sturdy support and regular pruning. Twines along support to 10-25 ft. or more; can be trained as a shrub or small tree. Bright green compound pinnate leaves with 15-19 leaflets, and 12-18 inch long drooping clusters (racemes) of pink to purple, pea-shaped, very fragrant flowers, blooming from base of cluster to tip as leaves emerge in spring. After flowering, pendant velvety seed pods about 6 inches long ripen in fall, sometimes persisting into winter.
Alternattives that are less weedy:
- American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens
- woodland phlox, Phlox divaricatus
- sweet azalea, Rhododendron canescens
- coast azalea, Rhododendron atlanticum
- Cultivars:
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- 'Multijuga'
- 'Nuda'
- Rosea
- 'Multijuga'
- Tags:
- Cultivars:
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- 'Multijuga'
- 'Nuda'
- Rosea
- 'Multijuga'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Wisteria
- Species:
- floribunda
- Family:
- Fabaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Climbing Method:
- Twining
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Vine
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Winter
- Fruit Length:
- > 3 inches
- Fruit Description:
- After flowering, pendant velvety seed pods about 6 inches long ripen in fall, sometimes persisting into winter.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Size:
- > 6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Flowers are 12-18 inches long in drooping clusters (racemes) of pink to purple pea-shaped, very fragrant flowers, blooming from the base of the cluster to outward tip as leaves emerge in spring.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Bright green compound pinnate leaves with 15-19 leaflets.
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Dark Brown
- Light Brown
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- White
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Stem colors may include green and gray.
- Wisteria floribunda is often confused with:
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Wisteria sinensis
- Plants that fill a similar niche:
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Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.’ PP #19991
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Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum'
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Cercis chinensis
