In the East, it is considered a great happiness to see blooming wisteria. Those who have seen a plant of fabulous beauty at least once will always remember the unique aroma and amazingly beautiful flowers. The racemose inflorescences reach half a meter in length.
The bunches of wisteria flowers reach 45 cm in length. The tree-like liana has replaced the grapes and hops that have had time to get bored. Its length reaches 20 meters. In the second year, the stems become coarse, becoming covered with bark and making the plant an unbearable burden for decorative fences.
Legend of the East
Translated from Greek "glycine" means sweet. Wisteria, the tree-like liana that sheds its leaves for the winter, was named after the scientist Kaspar Wistar. Wild wisteria is found in the forests of Japan, Korea, China. Unusual beauty has made the miracle of nature world famous.
In eastern countries, the plant has become a symbol of tenderness. In Japanese legend, a dragon turned into a beautiful wisteria, sent by the goddesses who envied the beauty of the earthly girl, to destroy the rivals of the celestials. He coped with the mission, but suddenly turned into a liana-like plant, and the flame became unprecedented flower clusters.
Wisteria blooms several times a year for several days. Then the fruit is tied, which looks like beans or peas. It is no coincidence that the plant belongs to the legume family.
Beauty for the middle lane
Wisteria, with proper care, tolerates frosts down to minus 30 degrees. However, in landscape design for the middle lane, the southerner did not take root before the appearance of its large-leaved varieties Clara Mack and Blue Moon. True, the owners of the plant in the Moscow region complain that wisteria practically does not bloom.
Previously purchased multi-flowered, abundantly flowering or Chinese wisteria will not survive in our climate. It is recommended to plant the acquisition in a warm and sunny place protected from the wind. The south facing brick wall works very well.
The scourges are removed from the supports in the first winter. The plant is laid on boards and covered with dry moss, spruce branches. The liana that has managed to get stronger and noticeably grow for the second wintering is no longer bent to the ground.
Beautiful and harmless
Often, winter-hardy wisteria produces self-seeding in the middle lane. However, it is impossible to predict and say for sure whether young individuals will be winter-hardy or not. Therefore, normally wintering species are more reliable to propagate by layering or cuttings.
Admiring giant plants with a cascade of inflorescences in warm countries, tourists are amazed why such beauty is not planted next to every house.
This phenomenon is explained simply: under favorable conditions, wisteria becomes so powerful that it easily bends window grilles, crushes water pipes and is even able to open the roof by making its way under the roof.
The largest flower park, Ashikaga, is located in Japan. During the flowering of wisteria, it is overfilled with an amazing aroma, and tourists who dare to come fall out of reality for a long time due to an overdose of beauty and aesthetics.
