I know, I know, I've heard they are a pest but I couldn't resist. Mine is purple and is just coming in to bud.

Yours is the first white one I've ever seen. It's beautiful.

How beautiful Nell. I don't even think I've seen it ever and surely don't remember smelling it. I've got a baby Queen's Wreath, that is supposed to be Florida's wisteria. I got it about a year ago and it has grown quite a bit, I don't know when I'll get my first blooms. Below is a link to pictures of it at Dave's Garden.

Post your purple when it blooms too. You have such a wonderful variety there in your gardens.

FlowerLady

Here is a link that might be useful: Queen's Wreath Vine

Nell your white wisteria is gorgeous, I'm envying the fragrance that must be in the air. I've had my mauve for over 20 years and no way is it a thug. It blooms 3 times in a season the second and third times not so loaded with flowers but you do get some fragrance in the air.
I've got my fingers crossed I haven't lost it after the winter we just had. It got severely cut back some years ago when we had a very warm December, buds started to form and then we dropped into a deep freeze.

Annette

Ilove it in the woods, just not on my chimney.

My neighbor has the blue one running down a farm fence down her lane maybe 50 feet or so. It is such a sight when in bloom.

I believe I like the white best. I have never seen one before. It makes a nice hiding place for Buffy!

Flowerlady, I checked the pictures on Dave's Garden and the Florida version is simply spectacular! Good luck with yours blooming soon.

Annette your wisteria sounds beautiful.

Gldno ~ I read today that the Queen's Wreath does bloom on a young plant, so maybe it will happen this year. :-)

Happy Spring ~ FlowerLady

Annette - you probably had enough 'white' insulation for it!!! lol...fingers crossed!!

Nancy.

Two things for me to covet here. I have never seen a white wisteria, nor a Queen's Wreath like that. We have a vine that we call Queen's Wreath, or Coral vine, and it is gorgeous, but it isn't like that.

I have the purple wisteria, growing on my shade house. It is a thug here, so I cut it back as soon as it finishes blooming. I don't want it to take over and tear down the shadehouse.

I even removed the star jasmine from the shade house. I can't believe I did that, but it was getting on my nerve. It was getting too happy. AND I whacked the 'Sweet Autumn' clematis almost to the ground. It has never been cut back before, but I think it will be happy.

I think that white wisteria is beautiful. Much prettier than the purple, even.

Well, shoot. I almost forgot...I do have the evergreen wisteria. It is a happy vine, blooms dark maroon, and smells heavenly. It isn't quite as thugish as the purple.

Janie

What a beautiful white wisteria. I must get one. (wisteria envy) And how nice that you have blooms already, while we are in the late stages of winter.

Covet is a good word, Janie!

Nell, aren't you the person whose lavendar wisteria grows on a shed or cabin? I recall someone posting a beautiful pic. a few years ago of wisteria on a shed.

I think it's Libby whose wisteria grows on a shed.

I keep mine confined to a bird tangle of vines over a patch of nandinas in one spot and have it growing out of a giant mass of boxwood in another, so that it can be kept in bounds, sort of. I hack at it year-round.

I've had a purple (I think) wisteria for about 5 years and no blooms! It looks pretty happy otherwise, but I'm not. I read recently that you should girdle the roots so I guess I will try that when the ground thaws. Any experience with this?

If your Wisteria was seed grown it will take at least 7 years before you will see blooms. They also don't need fertilizer and need some severe pruning. The below link on Wisteria should help.
The first Wisteria I ever had took 8 years, a few cuss words and threatening it with the axe before it popped a single bloom, hope this helps.

Annette

Here is a link that might be useful: Wisteria

Very pretty! I have always wanted one, but have never had a strong enough structure for it to climb up. There is a picture in one of my books with a Wisteria that was trained to grow in a tree form. I love it! If I were to get one I think I might try it as a tree.
CMK

WOW, I have never seen a white wisteria. I put in a 2 yr old stick baby 4 yr's ago, so I still have to wait a bit to see blooms. I don't mind though. My stepfather has 2 that are about 20 years old each. They don't bloom well every year, but when they do ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.........the smell is to die for. They bloomed well last summer. I was in heaven standing in thier driveway just sniffing the air.

I do have a question for wisteria owners that have thier's in shade. Mine that is about 6 yrs old now is on the front of my house by the front door. The front of my house faces north, so it only gets about 3-4 direct hours of sun. Do you think I will get any blooms down the road because it is in a shade?

thanks
Melissa

Here it is.
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Libby

Hi Disneyhut, I'm in Auburn...just saying Hi.

Here's the purple wisteria growing out of a group of boxwoods. This is the one I hack frequently to keep it in bounds.
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This is the bird tangle with both purple and white, underneath a ancient dogwood, viewed from the neater wisteria above:{{gwi:645055}}

FYI - Cottage Farms sells purple, white and pink wisteria. I got a purple one from them last year and it did well. They also had the reblooming ones last year. Not sure if they do now.

Nell,
I've seen white wisterias in gardening mags, but never one that a real, live, person grew in their real yard! (hehehe) That is beautiful! I truely love your bird tangle under the Dogwood tree!!! Gorgeous combinations.

I have a pink flowering Wisteria shrub/tree. The leaves are just beginning to bud out. It is about 6 feet tall. Can't wait for it to bloom...someday. Even so, it is a lovely specimen with its pretty leaves and twisted trunk.

The purple grew wild in the woods in Louisiana. A friend and I would load all our kids up into her big old beat up looking station wagon and we'd drive out into the country to see the wisteria up in the tall pines every spring. It was a special event and we took a picnic along with us for when we found a special place where we could stop and see "the prettiest one of all" that year. The kids all looked forward to it as much as we did. The air would be filled with the "grapey" fragrance. So, I have been wanting my own Wisteria ever since. It only took me 20+ years to get one! (Jeez. Can't believe it was that long ago.)

Beautiful pictures Nell. I love how your framed the second photo with another wisteria. How artistic of you!

I love Libby's garden shed too. (I remember her story about it, too- hehehe).

~Annie

Libby's is the one I thinking about. I love it.
I have always loved wisteria.

Hi Duta. Always nice to see another CNY'r on here.

I try to resist these inspiring ideas! LOL Covet.

So many plants... so little time!

Cameron