Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Wisteria Sinensis
With long hanging mauve racemes and an intoxicating spring scent, Wisteria is the most spectacular of garden climbers.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Card.origins.asia
Light
—
Watering
—
Maintenance
Moderate
The mauve cascade of China
Native to China, Wisteria covers its still-bare branches each spring with immense hanging mauve racemes of sweet scent, before the leaves even appear.
Vigorous and very long-lived, it clothes pergolas, arbours and facades, and over decades develops a gnarled, sculptural trunk.
"Wisteria turns a simple pergola into a cascade of mauve fragrance."
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Styling Tip 01
Full sun
Give it a sunny position: sun is essential to abundant, fragrant flowering.
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Styling Tip 02
A very solid support
Provide a robust structure: its stems thicken over the years and can deform a light support.
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Styling Tip 03
Prune twice
Prune twice a year, in summer and winter, to control its vigour and encourage flower bud formation.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering