Encyclopedia: Other climbers

Violet blue flowers, gathered in long racemes, appear in May. Pinnate green leaves turn yellow in autumn. The stems twine in an anti-clockwise direction. Attains a height of 6-10 m (1-3 m annually). Best grown in a sheltered, warm and sunny positions. It may freeze during severe winters. Requires a strong support.

A cultivar of beautiful, violet, sweet-scented blossom gathered in long, conical racemes. One of the earliest blooming wisteria cultivars, opening its flowers at the beginning of May.  Recommended for gardens large and small. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers decorative, violet, sweet-scented, gathered in long, conical racemes 35-45 cm long. Blooms at the beginning of May. Flowers borne from the 2nd-3rdyear after planting. Leaves pinnately compound of 11-15 leaflets,...

A lovely, vigorous climber reaching up to 10 m (1-3 m of annual growth). White flowers borne in slender racemes during May and June. Starts flowering in its forth, fifth year after planting. The stems twine in an anti-clockwise direction. Leaves pinnate, green, turning yellow in autumn. Best grown in sheltered, warm and sunny positions, in moderately fertile and moist soils. It may freeze during severe winters. Requires a strong support.

A lovely, vigorous climber up to 10 m (1-3 m of annual growth). Violet, double flowers are borne in long racemes during May and June. Starts flowering in its third, fourth year after planting. The stems twine in an anti-clockwise direction. Leaves pinnate, green, turning yellow in autumn. Best grown in sheltered, warm and sunny positions, in moderately fertile and moist soils. It may freeze during severe winters. Requires a strong support.

An American, frost hardy cultivar, with flowers borne later than Asian wisterias. Spectacular flowers open twice a year – in spring and in summer. It is undemanding and easy to maintain. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers ligh-violet with yellow center, fragrant, gathered in bulging, conical inflorescences, 10–20 cm long. Bloom most abundantly from May till June, then again in summer. First flowers open in the 2nd-3rd year after planting. Leaves pinnately compound of ...

An American cultivar, highly frost hardy, blooming later than Asian wisterias. Its most admirable feature are the blue, fragrant flowers gathered in long inflorescences. It may be trained into a tree shape. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers blue, fragrant, gathered in thick racemes 15-30 cm long, 70-90 apiece. Bloom most profusely in June, then again in summer. First flowers open in the 2nd-3rd year after planting. Leaves pinnately compound of 9 leaflets dark green i...

A lovely climber up to 10m (1-3 m of annual growth). Flowers violet-blue, borne in slender racemes during May and June. Starts flowering in its eight-tenth year after planting. Best grown in sheltered, warm and sunny positions. It may freeze during severe winters.

A beatifully blooming climber of dark-violet flowers tinged with purple, gathered in conical racemes. The most fragrant of all wisteria cultivars. Starts blooming in May as one of the earliest wisterias. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers very decorative, dark-violet (the darkest of all cultivars), gathered in conical racemes 20-25 cm long, intensely, sweetly scented. Blooms from the beginning of May as one of the earliest cultivars. Leaves pinnately compound, light-g...

A charming climber of blue-violet blossom gathered in conical racemes. The flowers are intensely, sweetly scented. Bloom in May and sometimes again in summer. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers very decorative, blue-violet, gathered in conical racemes 20-25 cm long, intensely, sweetly scented. Blooming in May and sometimes once more, moderately, in summer. Leaves pinnately compound, light-green in spring and summer, yellow in spring. Coiled soots twining rightwards. ...