There are about 10 twinning woody, deciduous climbers in this genus. \u00a0They natural occur in moist woodlands and on stream banks in China, Korea, Japan, and Central and Southern USA. \u00a0They have alternate, pinnate, dark green leaves, to 14\u201d or more long composed of 9-19 ovate to lance shaped or elliptic leaflets. \u00a0They are grown for their showy, drooping sprays of pea like, perfumed flowers, borne in spring or summer, sometimes with the leaves. \u00a0Flowers are followed by poisonous bean like green seed pods. \u00a0Train against a wall, into a large tree, over a sturdy arch or pergola, or as a standard. \u00a0All parts may cause severe discomfort if ingested.<\/p>\n
Wisterias like a sunny or partial shady position and humus-rich, well drained soil. \u00a0Although they take some time to establish, they become large, vigorous plants and need strong support. \u00a0Prune after flowering, and again in winter only if really necessary to control size.<\/p>\n
Prone to \u00a0dieback, crown gall, leaf spots, virus diseases, Japanese beetle, aphids, leaf miners, scale insects <\/i><\/em>\u00a0and mealybugs.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n W. sinensis \u2013 W. chinensis \u2013 Chinese Wisteria <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This vigorous, deciduous twinning climber from China is the most widely grown of the Wisterias and can reach heights of 100\u2019 feet high. \u00a0The pinnate leaves, each composed of 7-13 elliptic or egg shaped leaflets. \u00a0In late spring, bear pea like fragrant, lavender blue to white flowers, in dense, pendent racemes to 12\u201d long, opening more or less with the leaves, they are often followed by bean like, velvety green seed pods, to 6\u201d long.<\/p>\n Zones 5-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wisteria \u2013 There are about 10 twinning woody, deciduous climbers in this genus. \u00a0They natural occur in moist woodlands and on stream banks in China, Korea, Japan, and Central and Southern USA. \u00a0They have alternate, pinnate, dark green leaves, to 14\u201d or more long composed of 9-19 ovate to lance shaped or elliptic leaflets. \u00a0They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[27,51,22,28,16,35,20,78],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160249608"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}