Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) will twine along supports for up to 25 feet. Both of these plants were introduced to the U.S. in the 1800s to decorate homes and parks. Today, they've ...

The world's largest wisteria (it destroyed a house) will be shown off Sunday. It blossoms all at once, ... That honor may belong to a 1,300-year-old Japanese wisteria at a shrine in Murata, Japan.

Wisteria is a controversial plant. Chinese and Japanese Wisteria are considered invasive species in many parts of the eastern United States, but when properly maintained, it's one of the most ...

What’s a native vine that can cover a trellis or fence with June flowers the purply-blue color of a country sky just before dawn? Wisteria, that’s what. Specifically, it’s American wisteria ...

Japanese wisteria twine from RIGHT TO LEFT. And when the flower clusters begin to bloom they open from the base first and then to the tip. The Chinese wisteria twine up a support from LEFT TO RIGHT.

Chinese wisteria is the most fragrant, made up of cascading purple or blue flowers and counterclockwise twining stems. Japanese wisteria has long flower clusters with stems that twine clockwise.

My personal favorite, and the one growing on my arbor, is wisteria floribunda or Japanese wisteria. It winds in a clockwise direction and the strongly fragrant flowers appear just as the leaves ...

A: You have chosen a lovely variety of Japanese maple, but it is very slow growing so it might not give you the "tree" look you were aiming for. Eventually it will be 5 feet tall or so, but that ...

Wisteria is deciduous, so the leaves fall off during winter, but the vines, which can be as thick as a telephone pole, stay in place and start climbing again when the growing season begins anew.