Scientific Name: Wisteria sinensis
Common Name: Chinese wisteria
Family Name: Fabaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Vine - deciduous
Mature Size: 7 - 10m x > 25m (height x width)
Habit: Irregular
Form: Climbing
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Arbors or trellis, Fragrance
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Blue, Apr-May
Fruit: Legume, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Large woody deciduous vine; leaves alternate, to 30cm long, (7-)9-11(-13) leaflets, elliptic to ovoid, (7-)5-8(-13)cm long; raceme 15-30 long, flowers blue-violet, up to 2.5cm wide (generally smaller than Japanese wisteria), lilac blue to white, faintly scented. Winter ID: stems twine counter-clockwise; buds darkbrown-black; leaf scars oval; brown fruit pods.