Queen's wreath, petrea volobilis, sometimes called Florida's wisteria will grow very well here, it is beautiful! It does not have the glorious scent though.

wallisadi, very nice vine. HD I am surprised they had it, I will check the one here and hopefully they will have it.
Scottrell, thank you for the names of the specific ones, that will help with my looking for one....or two.

I have a american wisteria called Amethyst Falls. This is only the second year, but it is still alive. I also had one called Blue Moon, but the squirrel killed it (don't ask).

The Wisteria is a beautiful vine. I remembered it from my childhood in NC when I bought my house here in 1982 and found it growing. Turns out, the previous owner had a plant that he dug up and took with him. I transplanted one of the plants I saw popping up to a trellis I had put up. Within a year or two it had destroyed that trellis. So, stupid me moved it to grow up an Oak tree in my back yard. Several years later, when it seemed to be strangling the oak tree I hired an arborist to remove it. I have been fighting Wisteria popups every since. Round up won't kill it nor will Brush killer. It comes up 30 feet away form the original plant. The oak tree is now gone. The stump grinder I hired took out the Wisteria stump also, but it is still popping up. My advice; if you want one, grow it in a pot.

john

John, wow I didn't know it would be so invasive in Florida. Thanks for the heads up. They are pretty though.

Yeah, wisteria sinensis is a category 2 invasive, sharbear. Much better to stick with queens wreath. It's pretty, too.

Here is a link that might be useful: wisteria--floridata

Amethyst Falls is W. frutescens, not the invasive one.

the wisteria i posted the picture of seems to stay put. definitely would reccomend it on a trellis or arbor. have seen the pink version around and it seems to be a bit out of control. leaf shape is very different. trained it up into one of the huge laurel oaks last year, hopefully more bloom!