WISTERIA 'CAROLINE'

wisteria 'Caroline'

WISTERIA 'CAROLINE'

wisteria 'Caroline'

Hardy deciduous climber. Blue flowering scented with bronze young growth.
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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut short, keeping only 4-5 flower buds (larger and rounder than leaf buds). In summer, cut about 20cm off the young shoots.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : (NZ) introduced by William H. Chandler (US) 1952
  • Use group : Climbers
  • Height at 10 years : 6 m
  • Width at 10 years : 4 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : climbing
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Blue violet
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Climber
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Very floriferous, melliferous and perfumed. Purple blue flowers in dense and hanging bunches of 20-30cm, flowering early at the end of April-May, before the W. sinensis and venusta varieties. Will have a lighter repeat flowering in summer, with smaller bunches. Can be pruned into a shrub. Stems wind around props in a clockwise fashion. Leaves are composed of 13-15 little leaflets, oval and pointed at the tip, dark green, turning yellow in autumn. The young shoots are a bronze colour..