Wisteria × formosa

wisteria

• Position: full sun or light, dappled shade
• Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: fast-growing
• Flowering period: May to June
• Flower colour: violet-blue
• Other features: velvety, green seed-pods in hot summers; all parts of the plant are harmful if ingested
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Pendent clusters of fragrant, pea-like, violet-blue flowers, each with white and yellow markings appear in May and June on this vigorous wisteria. It is perfect for training over a sunny wall or stout pergola where the flowers can best be appreciated from below. To enhance flowering it requires ample space for the roots to become well established and it will need pruning twice a year.
  
  All the Wisterias we sell are grafted, so will start to flower at a younger age than those grown from cuttings.
  
  
• Garden care: After planting prune back the leading shoot to 90cm (36in) above the ground. In the first growing season tie in lateral shoots and cut back sub-lateral shoots to two or three buds. During the first winter cut back laterals by one third and sub-laterals by two or three buds.
  
  • Eventual Height: 9m
  • Eventual Spread: 5m
  Wisteria × formosa - wisteria Fragrant clusters of violet-blue flowers