General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15 to 25 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Other: 1-2 reblooms in summer
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: Pods and seeds are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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

Photo Gallery
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2011
Kentucky Wisteria in spring
Location: my garden, Utah
#pollination
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-06-18
Wisteria frutescens 'Blue Moon'

#Pollination
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: June 2009
Kentucky Wisteria trained into tree form
Uploaded by AudreyDee
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-06-22
Blooming in Zone 4b and seed set to boot!
Location: my garden, Utah
Uploaded by clintbrown
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 2012-10-16
Fall color and seed pods
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-05-19
New flower buds appearing

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

photo credit: Megan Hansen
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-02-28
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-12
"Wisteria macrostachys 'Blue Moon', 2018 photo, Kentucky wisteria
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-12
"Wisteria macrostachys 'Blue Moon', 2018 photo, Kentucky wisteria
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Comments:
  • Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jan 29, 2019 3:16 PM concerning plant:
    I got 6 'Blue Moon' wisteria seeds from AudreyDee in the NFSR Swap Dec. 2018. I planted them 1-7-19 after I nicked & soaked them overnight. By the 19th (day 12) five sprouted & grew fast. Today, 1-29th, I transplanted the five plants that are already 5" & have several leaves into a little bigger pots. The 6th one just sprouted overnight. Pretty good odds getting 6 of 6 to germinate. I'm so pleased, AudreyDee!

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