Wisteria sinensis 'PROLIFIC' Chinese wisteria
size/type
vine,vine
usual height
9-12m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
April-May
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Chinese wisteria is undoubtedly the queen of flowering climbers. Prolific is an abundantly flowering variety producing slightly longer flower racemes from younger age. They are 25-40 cm long, composed of sweetly scented, violet flowers, and appear on bare wood from the first warm days of April for 4-5 weeks. They are followed by bean-like seedpods which are poisonous. Rather exotic looking pinnate leaves are mid green and densely cover the plant and its support. Older and well-established plants of Chinese wisteria usually re-blooms from early summer, this time on the background of fully leaved plant.
Wisteria is a rampant grower. It needs a life-time support which can carry its weight. It is necessary even for tree forms because the wood remains very flexible for many years. Wisteria flowers mainly on short spurs so cut back vigorous shoots and side branches to 2-3 buds to encourage formation of flowering spurs.
It needs moist, acidic soil. Do not fertilize – overfertilized plants produce more leaves rather than flowers. Young plants require a sheltered place, mature plants (and those with a stem) are fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 26-02-2020
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
