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Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15-25 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: 3 to 5 inch long somewhat flattened pods containing numerous oval brown seeds.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: 8 to 12 inch long racemes
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: Lilac blue
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Other: Pods and seeds are poisonous
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • American Wisteria
  • Wisteria
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Wisteria frutescens
  • Synonym: Wisteria macrostachya

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Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-06-04

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