CORVALLIS – Wisteria delivers a beautiful spring display, but this vigorous vine needs plenty of pruning to keep it from swallowing the garden. “Wisteria are very vigorous vines and can climb easily ...

For a few weeks each May when it blooms, wisteria is a showstopper. But the woody, long-lived wisteria has more to offer. Velvety pods form in summer, followed by respectable fall color. But all that ...

It is one of the first harbingers of spring and warmer weather. Encouraged by the daffodils, which have already braved the cold weather and opened their faces to the sun, clusters of purple and pink ...

Only plant a wisteria if you like to work! I have a love-hate relationship with my wisteria. In May when it's in full bloom, with long hanging fragrant flowers, I definitely love the tweetle out of it ...

What’s a native vine that can cover a trellis or fence with June flowers the purply-blue color of a country sky just before dawn? Wisteria, that’s what. Specifically, it’s American wisteria (Wisteria ...

Just one look at a wisteria in bloom reveals why many gardeners want this plant in their garden. Large, pendulous flowers cover this deciduous vine each spring in shades of white, pink or blue-purple, ...

When I first caught a glimpse of the little bungalow I now call home, I was captivated by its arbor of wisteria and grape vines. What could be more delightful than sitting in the shade in the ...

When I worked as a gardener in Italy, one of the most spectacular sights was a vast wisteria walkway that I cared for. Ten or more mature plants, hanging with pendulous pale lilac and purple blooms ...

Enjoy this Southern beauty while the show lasts. The sight of colorful wisteria weeping gracefully down and across a porch is an iconic picture of a Southern garden. But the reality is far different ...

Q. Does wisteria harm the tree it's growing on? Is wisteria native to the Southeast or was it a nonnative introduction (like kudzu)? A. The wisteria most people are familiar with is a climbing vine ...

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