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Wisteria sinensis 'Alba'

Common Name

Chinese Wisteria. Syn. Wisteria chinensis.

Soil

Chalk and Sand

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Deciduous Climber

Height x Spread in feet

28 x indefinite

Foliage

Light Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

Scented White in May-June followed by Green seed pods

Comment

Climbing form which can be trained onto a house wall, into a tree and over an arch or pergola. The stems twine anticlockwise around the supporting trellis on vine-eye/wire support.

To train formally, after planting, prune back the leading shoot to 3 feet above ground level. During the first growing season, tie in lateral shoots to the framework and cut back sublaterals to 2 or 3 buds. In the first winter, cut back laterals by one-third of their length, and sublaterals to 3 buds; cut back the leading shoot again, to 3 feet above the point from which the topmost laterals branch. In subsequent years, repeat the pruning of the leader and selection of lateral shoots until the framework has been completed. Once established, in late summer (August) cut back all shoots not needed to extend the framework, to within 0.5 feet of the main branches; leave 6 leaves on each shoot. In midwinter, reduce these spurs further to 0.25 feet, leaving only 3 buds. Having read this, now have a refreshing drink, or Prune hard in late winter and in late August to encourage flower buds.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.

Climber Associations

Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' - the Austrian Briar - has deep yellow flowers , which come in April and continue till June. This rose needs a warm wall, a limy soil and will make a wonderful patch of yellow by the side of the mauve or white Wisteria flowers.