Botanical Name: Common Names:
Wisteria floribunda Violacea Plena Purple Double Flowering Japanese Wisteria,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Deciduous
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Climbers, Hedging / Screening Climbing / Twining, Dense, Spreading, Upright
Description:
An extremely pretty double-flowered Wisteria, producing masses of sweetly-scented, pendulous, violet-blue flowers up to 30cm long in spring. Its pinnate, bright green foliage also puts on a display turning bright yellow before falling in autumn. A long-lived twining climber, it can grow up to 8m tall and 8m wide with support. Perfect for screening or grown on arbours to provide shady walkways or grown as a standard.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 4-10m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Climber / Creeper, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Fragrant Garden, Habitat, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Fabaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Purple
Flower Fragrant: Yes
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: Medium / Moderate