GARDENERS Wisteria Frutescens GCC, 11715

Wisteria frutescens, commonly called American wisteria, is a twining, deciduous, woody vine that grows to 40' or more. It is native primarily to moist thickets, swampy woods, pond peripheries and stream borders from Virginia to Illinois south to Florida and Texas. Fragrant, pea-like, lilac-purple flowers in drooping racemes to 6" long bloom in April-May after the leaves emerge but before they fully develop. Limited additional summer bloom may occur. Flowers give way to narrow, flattened, smooth seed pods (to 5" long) which ripen in summer. Pods typically split open in fall. Compound, odd-pinnate leaves (each leaf typically with 9-15 lance-shaped leaflets) are deep green. American wisteria is not as aggressive a spreader as Wisteria sinensis.

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