General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 10 to 25 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Lilac blue
Flower Time: Spring
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Toxicity: Other: Pods and seeds are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Other: May become invasive
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Chinese Wisteria
  • Wisteria
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Wisteria sinensis
  • Synonym: Wisteria chinensis

Photo Gallery
Location: In a neighbor's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: Spring, 2005
Wisteria sinensis 'Prolific' [Chinese Wisteria] in OkC 003
Location: in a neighbor's garden
Date: 2010-04-12
The white fence and Wisteria blooms made a striking combination
Location: In a neighbor's garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 03-30-2016
Wisteria sinensis 'Prolific' [Chinese Wisteria] in OkC 001

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