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  Wisteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wisteria is an extremely popular ornamental in China and Japan as well as in the United States.
Wisteria can grow into an unattractive mound when unsupported but is at its best when allowed to clambor up a tree, pergola, wall, or other supporting structure.
Wisteria flowers develop in buds near the base of the previous year's growth, so pruning back side shoots to the basal few buds in early spring can enhance the visibility of the flowers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wisteria   (618 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article: Wisteria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wisteria can take decades to bloom when grown from seed; for that reason it is best to only grow plants that have been started from rooted or grafted cuttings of plants known to flower.
Wisteria has nitrogen fixing capability and thus mature plants should be given phosphate only.
Wisteria blooms on last year's growth, so cut back side shoots to 4 buds in early spring.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wisteria.htm   (302 words)

  
 Wisteria floribunda WFA Japanese wisteria Antibody Search - Biocompare
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www.biocompare.com /abmatrix.asp?antigen=Wisteria+floribunda+%28WFA%2C+Japanese+wisteria%29   (167 words)

  
 Japanese Wisteria
Wisteria can also produce abundant seeds if conditions are favorable, but flower buds produced in the fall are susceptible to winter kill.
Wisteria is hardy enough to be found in New England, and a few areas farther north.
Twining wisteria vines may reduce the vigor of competing vegetation by strangling the stems or shading the crown.
www.tneppc.org /Manual/Japanese_Wisteria.htm   (893 words)

  
 Wisteria
If a wisteria that you've been fertilizing fails to flower, stop the feeding; since buds for next spring's bloom are started early in the summer, you'll need to...
Mast Arboretum is conducting trials on some 96 wisterias, including two of its own selections, Dam B in both blue and white, which were named for the East Texas lake where it was found; and a new unnamed pink variety found near Pascagoula, Miss.
After your wisteria is established, it's important to maintain a regular pruning schedule.
www.growinglifestyle.com /us/h417/a2799871.html   (338 words)

  
 WISTERIAS
Wisteria floribunda (japanese wisteria) - A deciduous, woody vine to 25 feet with 50 inch long racemes of fragrant; violet, blue, lilac, pink or white flowers in the early summer.
Wisteria frutescens (american wisteria) - A deciduous vine to 36 feet with gently fragrant, pale lilac-purple flower racemes in the summer and early autumn.
Wisteria frutescens variety nivea (white american wisteria) - This is a rare, pure white flowered variety that has very pubescent foliage and blooms early.
www.durionursery.com /wisterias.htm   (520 words)

  
 Wisteria
In February, my wisteria vines are leafless ropes rattling against the eaves, serving mainly as trapeze wires for the roof rat.
Besides the show of blooms, though, wisteria is noted for its masses of greenery, which start to grow as the blossoms open—fern-like, divided leaves that start out a shiny bronze, turn medium green as they open, then turn a soft butter yellow in autumn.
Wisteria floribunda, the Japanese Wisteria, twines clockwise (picture forming the letter J, for Japan), while the Chinese Wisteria twines counter-clockwise (picture forming the letter C, for China).
www.berkeleyhort.com /plants/wisteria.htm   (548 words)

  
 Japanese Wisteria, Wisteria floribunda - Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Japanese wisteria is one of several members of its genus that are popular ornamentals.
Wisteria belongs to the Fabaceae (Pea or Bean) family.
Wisteria is a perennial vine that may live for over 50 years.
www.se-eppc.org /manual/japwisteria.html   (935 words)

  
 wisteria
Wisteria floribunda carnea is the most vigorous and hardy of all the wisterias.
Wisterias are hardy fast growing climbers that have long been sought after for their magnificent drooping sprays of perfumed flowers.
Wisteria floribunda has fragrant purple-blue flowers up to 45 cm long, the flowers are often seen after the leaves start to form.
www.hellohello.com.au /wisteria/wisteria.html   (536 words)

  
 Wisteria sinensis & floribunda - Blauweregen
Wisteria sinensis bloeit vóór het uitlopen van het blad in april-mei.
Wisteria floribunda bloeit pas na circa 10 jaar.
Van Wisteria sinensis en Wisteria floribunda zijn verschillende cultivars in de handel.
home-1.tiscali.nl /%7ecorosa/tuin/planten/wisteria.html   (185 words)

  
 Wisteria
The wisteria is known for the beauty of its flowers, which appear in long, cascading racemes and are usually blue, purplish-blue, pink, or white.
The wisteria is generally styled to look its best when it is in bloom, which usually means that the branches are shaped to support a weeping appearance when the cascading blooms are present.
Wisteria should be repotted in early spring or in autumn.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/wisteria.html   (765 words)

  
 Questions and Answers
Wisteria is difficult to move once established, so it is important to plant where it can remain undisturbed.
Wisteria is one plant that seems to thrive on a certain amount of neglect.
Wisteria is a pretty trouble free vine and is seldom bothered by insects and only occasionally by problems like mildew.
www.humeseeds.com /efwist.htm   (1054 words)

  
 Wisteria
Wisteria floribunda is the most cold tolerant, growing up into USDA zone 4 (C5) and is differentiated easily from the more tender Wisteria sinensis (USDA 5/6) because it twines around branches clockwise while W. sinensis winds itself counter-clockwise.
W. floribunda is deliciously sweetly scented (more so than W. sinensis) and once you have it blooming, you’ll never want to be without it.
It is not about whether the wisteria is a named variety or seedling, it is all about how you treat the plant.
www.beginner-gardening.com /wisteria.html   (698 words)

  
 Wisteria a Mystery For Most Gardeners
Japanese wisteria is well known for its fragrant violet blossoms borne in 8- to 20-inch-long clusters.
Wisteria need to reach a degree of maturity before they are able to produce flowers.
Wisteria produces its flowers on last year's wood in mid- to late May, so wait until late spring or early summer to prune the vine.
www.hort.purdue.edu /ext/wisteria.html   (460 words)

  
 Wisteria species   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC.) is similar to Chinese wisteria, and was introduced in 1830.
The leaves of Chinese wisteria and Japanese wisteria are alternate and pinnately compound.
Wisteria will resprout; repeated cuttings every 2 weeks are recommended from early in the growing season until autumn.
tncweeds.ucdavis.edu /moredocs/wisspp01.html   (984 words)

  
 Growing Wisteria, HYG-1246-94
Wisteria are vigorous, twining vines with wide landscape usage where space permits and gardeners are committed to keeping them in bounds.
Japanese wisteria grows to a height of 25 feet or more and has violet-blue, fragrant flowers that bloom as the foliage is also expanding.
Wisteria may be attacked by insects or plant disease, though neither is especially common.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/1000/1246.html   (1850 words)

  
 issg Database: Ecology of Wisteria floribunda
floribunda is still used as an ornamental, and it often escapes from landscapes and becomes invasive in natural ecosystems.
Wisteria floribunda is not as widespread in the United States as its brother vine, W.
floribunda will resprout, so it is recommended that the vine be cut repeatedly every two weeks from early in the growing season to autumn.
www.issg.org /database/species/ecology.asp?si=286&fr=1&sts=   (957 words)

  
 WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA ‘ROSEA’ JAPANESE WISTERIA
Yet, for many of us, a mature carpet of wisteria in full show for two weeks is worth the remainder of the year sculpting, pruning and sawing a plant back to where you would like it to remain.
The most robust wisterias are the two Asian cousins and they are quite easy to tell apart: Wisteria floribunda, the Japanese wisteria, twines clockwise (dextrorse) and W.
There are plenty of varieties to choose from; we have 21 under trial in the SFA Mast Arboretum’s ‘lines of vines’ (a neat collection of 77 woody vines on posts in a rectangular 150’ X 100’ full sun vegetable garden).
arboretum.sfasu.edu /plants/wisteriafloribunda   (610 words)

  
 Wisteria floribunda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Similar in habit, Japanese wisteria and Chinese wisteria (W. sinensis) are easily and often confused.
Use wisteria's bright-green foliage to quickly cover any structure, or train it into a small tree, as Martha does at Turkey Hill.
Wisteria is a hardy mainstay of American gardens.
www.marthastewart.com /page.jhtml?type=content&id=plant3271   (310 words)

  
 PCA Alien Plant Working Group - Exotic Wisterias (Wisteria floribunda & sinensis)
Unlike American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), native to the southeastern U.S., which flowers June through August, and produces a non-hairy seed pod 2-4 inches long, both exotic wisterias flower in the springtime (April-May) and produce a velvety seed pod.
Climbing wisteria vines can kill sizable trees, opening the forest canopy and increasing sunlight to the forest floor, which in turn favors its aggressive growth.
Wisteria will continue to resprout after cutting until its root stores are exhausted.
www.nps.gov /plants/alien/fact/wist1.htm   (1127 words)

  
 Wisteria, Japanese
Wisterias [wis-TEER-e-yas] are sturdy woody vines with graceful foliage and spectacular cascading flowers.
While there are several types of wisterias, Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) is one of the most popular in northern yards and gardens.
Foliage: Leaves of Japanese wisteria are made up of 13 to 19 small leaflets that are arranged along thin leaf stems.
www.yardener.com /Wisteria%2CJapanese.html   (240 words)

  
 BGT - Wisteria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wisterias are also flowering above the Visitor Centre deck and around the Brunet Pavilion.
They are all progeny from ‘Nooroo’, the Mount Wilson property where Peter planted for display and studied, members of this fascinating genus he collected from all parts of the globe.
floribunda ‘Shiro Noda’, is claimed by Dr Valder as ‘… the most beautiful of the white wisterias …’.
www.rbgsyd.gov.au /mount_tomah_botanic_garden/garden_features/blooming_calendar/Wisteria   (257 words)

  
 Wisteria
Wisteria is named after Caspar Wistar, an 18th century American professor of anatomy.
Wisteria is a fragrant-flowering vine that is useful for draping over large supportive structures.
Wisteria is known as an architecturally useful, showy woody vine that is cherished for its extremely fragrant, pendulous Spring blossoms that are often blue-purple in color.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/TMI/Plantlist/wisteria.html   (1007 words)

  
 Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet Wisteria floribunda (Willd) DC (PIM 564)
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet Wisteria floribunda (Willd) DC 1.1 Scientific name
Wisteria is a woody liane that can reach a height of 20 m, characterized by pendent racemes of light blue- violet, sweetpea-like, scented flowers.
Wisterias are hardy in the north but are most common in the south- eastern USA, as far west as Texas (Lampe, 1985).
www.inchem.org /documents/pims/plant/wisteria.htm   (763 words)

  
 Wisteria floribunda 'Longissima Alba' - Japanese white wisteria * Plants Encyclopedia - garten.cz
Wisteria floribunda 'Longissima Alba' (Japanese white wisteria), Ger: Glyzinie, Czech: vistárie květnatá
Wisteria sinensis (SIMS) SWEET (Chinese wisteria), Ger: Blauregen, Glyzinie, Czech: vistárie čínská
Wisteria sinensis 'Alba' (Chinese white wisteria), Ger: Glyzinie, Czech: vistárie čínská
www.garten.cz /encyklopedie.php?lng=en&encid=844   (93 words)

  
 Wisteria floribunda Rosea - Pink Japanese Wisteria - Specimen Plant
Wisteria is probably one of the best-loved climbing plants.
Ideal for covering unsightly walls and fences, climbers are also useful for adding height to borders, covering the ground and growing through established trees and shrubs.
Wisteria is usually very long-lived, and trunks can become quite large.
www.gardeningexpress.co.uk /ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=11361   (362 words)

  
 Bonsai Info Center - Wisteria floribunda
Die Wisteria ist ein sommergrünes Rankgewächs, das ganze Häuserfronten in Besitz nimmt, ist aber bei richtiger Pflege durchaus in Baumform zu gestalten und somit auch zum Bonsai geeignet.
Die Wisteria wird meistens in den aufrechten Formen gestaltet, kann aber auch zu Kaskaden geformt werden.
Zu Waldpflanzungen ist die Wisteria nicht geeignet, da sie für ihre Blüten und Ranken sehr viel Platz benötigt.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Adolf_Winterer_Sr/Wisteria.HTM   (573 words)

  
 BBC - Gardening - Plants - Plant Finder - Wisteria floribunda 'Multijuga'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wisteria floribunda is less vigorous than the Chinese wisteria, and less likely to cause problems when grown on buildings.
The flowers open against a background of young foliage, with lilac-purple blooms which, in this variety, are the longest of any wisteria, almost a metre long on older plants, but even in relative youngsters they reach 60cm (2ft).
Like most wisterias, this is slow to get established and may take several years to start flowering.
www.bbc.co.uk /gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/992.shtml   (148 words)

  
 Online Plant Encyclopedia: Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria
Unlike the Chinese wisteria - Wisteria sinensis - the stems twine in a clockwise direction.
The weeping effect is what you want so whatever Wisteria you choose, it should be sited with this effect in mind.
It looks best on a pergola or on a high arched gazebo or some such where the flowers hang free.
www.plantpress.com /plant-encyclopedia/plantdb.php?plant=3861   (194 words)

  
 Wisteria - Great Lakes Gardening Forum - GardenWeb
I happened to notice the store wisteria was growing and starting to twine around the railing and when I moved it a little, there was a lot of growth on the "stick", too.
Wisteria frutescens (American) and Wisteria macrostachys (Kentucky) are both hardy to Zone 5, which doesn't make them better than W. sinensis (chinese) W. venusta (silky) or W. floribunda (japanese) as they are all zone 5 as well.
Wisteria primer - It’s easy when you know how 1 After flowering is finished, prune entire plant back, thinning it out well and leaving just one or two buds or nodes per branch.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/grtlks/msg0810315814807.html?/grtlks/msg0810315814807.html   (6615 words)

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