This vine twines in a clockwise direction scrambling over a structure or a host plant. It has dark green divided leaves with attractive autumn colour and the fragrant lilac to blue pea-shaped flowers appear in a pendant cluster on bare branches during spring.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10

Wisteria floribunda is naturally found in Japan growing in well drained, fertile moist soil in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tolerant.

The Japanese Wisteria is grown for its flowers and climbing habit. It is grown over structures such as trellis or pergolas for summer shade or is used in fragrant gardens along wire fences. It is also trained to form a weeping standard establishing in 3 to 5 years and is long lived. It is suitable for cool mountain gardens tolerating neglect once established and is moderately deer resistant. ID 493

Wisteria(wis-TE-re-a) floribunda(flô-ri-BUN-ba)

'Wisteria': after Professor Caspar Wistar of University of Pennsylvania, USA; 'floribunda': abundant flowers.

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)