Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family,
The botanist Thomas Nuttall said he named the genus Wisteria in memory of Dr Caspar Wistar (1761–1818).
It has racemes of pale mauve flowers. There is no yellow on the leaves.
The plant only flowers after a being a few years old but when it does, the flowers have a very sweet fragrance.
Wisteria grows flowers before leaves, making it particularly attractive.
The seeds come in pods and are disc shaped.
Traditionally native to China, Korea and Japan, wisteria was introduced to Britain in 1816.
A 200-year-old vine at Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, west London, is cited as England’s oldest living wisteria plant.
In the Victorian language of flowers, wisteria symbolizes "over-passionate love or obsession," referring to the choking nature of the vine.
The world's largest known wisteria was planted in 1894. It is in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighs 250 tons.
Gardeners recommend pruning twice a year, in January or February to encourage flowering, and then again in late summer or early autumn to tame it.
Pruning is essential because wisteria can become invasive.
Source Daily Mail
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The botanist Thomas Nuttall said he named the genus Wisteria in memory of Dr Caspar Wistar (1761–1818).
It has racemes of pale mauve flowers. There is no yellow on the leaves.
The plant only flowers after a being a few years old but when it does, the flowers have a very sweet fragrance.
Wisteria grows flowers before leaves, making it particularly attractive.
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The seeds come in pods and are disc shaped.
Traditionally native to China, Korea and Japan, wisteria was introduced to Britain in 1816.
A 200-year-old vine at Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, west London, is cited as England’s oldest living wisteria plant.
In the Victorian language of flowers, wisteria symbolizes "over-passionate love or obsession," referring to the choking nature of the vine.
The world's largest known wisteria was planted in 1894. It is in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighs 250 tons.
Gardeners recommend pruning twice a year, in January or February to encourage flowering, and then again in late summer or early autumn to tame it.
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Source Daily Mail
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