WISTERIA venusta 'ALBA' (= brachy.'SHIRO KAPITAN')

silky wisteria

WISTERIA venusta 'ALBA' (= brachy.'SHIRO KAPITAN')

silky wisteria

Hardy deciduous climber. Big white flowers on short fat racemes.
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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, prune short, leaving 4 to 5 flower buds per branch (bigger and rounder than the leaf buds). In autumn trim the shoots to about 20cm.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : China : introduced to Royal Hospital Chelsea (GB) 1912
  • Use group : Climbers
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : climbing
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Climber
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Very vigorous, floriferous and melliferous with a strong and sweet perfume. Large white flowers (the largest of this genera) at the end of April-May, in dense bunches of 15-25cm. Will flower at a young age, and makes a good Bonsaï. A good plant to prune into a bush, or small climber. Deciduous leaves with 9-13 leaflets continuing all through autumn. Synonym : 'Shiro Kapitan'. The branches will wind around in an anti-clockwise fashion.