General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 15 to 30 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 15 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: Pods and seeds are poisonous
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Wisteria
  • Wisteria
Also sold as:
  • 'Violacea'
  • Single Black Dragon
  • Kokuryu

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Location: Winchester, NH
Date: 2014-06-08
Made the background black and white so focus is on bloom
Location: Winchester, NH
Date: 2014-06-09
Growing along my shed and fence (ignore the little bunny in photo
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