The genus includes approximately 9 species of deciduous vines distributed in North America.

The most common wisteria in the south of Russia:

Chinese wisteria

It is a beautiful, densely leafy liana, originally from China, reaching a height of 15 m, with large, pinnate leaves, beautiful light purple, sometimes white, flowers, in hanging racemes 30 cm long.

Blooming in spring, this wisteria keeps blooming clusters all summer long. The fruit of Chinese wisteria is a densely pubescent bean up to 15 cm in length.

Chinese wisteria is photophilous, loves moist and deep fertile. Perfectly tolerates the conditions of the city, and lowering the temperature. Wisteria grows rapidly, turning counterclockwise. It has been widely used in vertical gardening in the south of our Russia.

Chinese wisteria is one of the most beautiful vines, very bright during flowering. It is also decorative with its graceful, feathery foliage, which acquires a golden color in autumn. With systematic pruning, Chinese wisteria can be grown in a tree-like, standard, upright form.

Wisteria seeds should be stored in paper bags in an unheated, dry area. Sowing must be done in the fall after harvest. Embedding depth 2 cm.

Chinese has decorative forms: white - with white flowers; terry - with terry flowers.

Wisteria profusely flowering

Wisteria profusely flowering comes from Japan.

It is similar to the previous type of wisteria, but differs in smaller sizes (8 m) and large, 45 cm leaves, a large number of flowers and inflorescence sizes of about 45 cm. Wisteria flowers are profusely flowering purple-blue. Begins to bloom 2 weeks later than the previous species.

Blooming flowers of profusely flowering wisteria comes gradually from the base of the brush (in Chinese, blooming is simultaneous). The fruits on the plant persist throughout the winter. This wisteria grows, twisting clockwise.

More decorative and more frost-resistant (up to -23) than Chinese wisteria. Widespread in vertical gardening, valued for beautiful leaves, colorful blooms and showy fruits.

Blooming wisteria has decorative forms: white - with white flowers; pink - with pale pink flowers, the tips of the wings and the boat are purple; purple double - with purple double flowers; large-bodied - 1.5 m in length; variegated - with variegated leaves.

wisteria beautiful

Japan is considered the homeland.

Liana 10 m high. The shoots of the beautiful wisteria are pubescent. The foliage is complex, up to 10 cm long. Downed on both sides. Its flowers are white, 3 cm long, collected in hanging tassels.

Blooms in May. It has forms with white and purple double flowers. The fruits of wisteria are beautiful - beans 20 cm long. They ripen in November.

In Adler, very decorative, blooms profusely and annually.

Wisteria shrub

The birthplace of shrubby wisteria is North America. Liana 13 m in height, with drooping branches.

Flowers purple-blue. In culture, it is found in the Crimea, and in Chisinau.

Wisteria japonica

Motherland Japan. Japanese wisteria has white flowers. Less beautiful than the previous species, and less winter-hardy.

Location: Wisteria is a thermophilic plant. In the Caucasus and Crimea, it blooms profusely and for a long time. To the north, it blooms much weaker, it requires shelter.

The soil: moderately moist soil, light.

wisteria care: in the spring you need to water the plant well so that the buds do not crumble.

reproduction: Wisteria propagates by layering and cuttings.

Usage: beautiful ornamental climbing plants, valued for their lush, long and beautiful flowering, fresh foliage. Among creepers, it is one of the best decorations for walls, balconies and terraces.

Wisteria is grown not only in open ground. She feels great in pots and in the form of a stem tree, which is obtained with the help of proper pruning.

Coriander is one of the most popular spices in the world, and its greens are called cilantro or cilantro. Interestingly, cilantro leaves no one indifferent. Some people adore it and are happy to use it in any salads and sandwiches, and they love Borodino bread for the special flavor of coriander seeds. Others, referring to the smell that evokes associations with forest bugs, hate coriander and flatly refuse to approach bunches of cilantro even in the market, let alone plant it in their garden.

Watermelon and summer are inseparable concepts. However, not in every area you will find melons. And all because this African plant takes up a lot of space, is quite demanding on both heat and the sun, and also on competent watering. But still, watermelon is so loved that today not only southerners, but much more northern summer residents have learned to grow it. It turns out that you can find an approach to such a capricious plant, and if you want, you can get a decent harvest.

You can cook red gooseberry jam in 10 minutes. However, it should be borne in mind that this is the time required for cooking jam without preparing berries. It takes a lot of time to harvest and prepare berries for processing. Cruel thorns discourage any desire to harvest, but you still have to cut off your noses and tails. But the result is worth it, the jam turns out to be excellent, one of the most fragrant, in my opinion, and the taste is such that it is impossible to tear yourself away from the jar.

Monsters, anthuriums, caladiums, dieffenbachia ... Representatives of the Aroid family are considered one of the most popular categories of indoor plants. And not the last factor of their wide distribution is diversity. Aroids are represented by aquatic plants, epiphytes, semi-epiphytes, tuberous and vines. But despite such a diversity, because of which it is sometimes difficult to guess the relationship of plants, aroids are very similar to each other and require the same care.

Salad "Donskoy" for the winter - a savory appetizer of fresh vegetables in a sweet and sour marinade with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. In the original recipe, the vinegar is plain or apple, but with a combination of wine vinegar and light Balsamico, it turns out much tastier. Salad can be prepared without sterilization - bring the vegetables to a boil, put them in sterile jars and wrap them warmly. You can also pasteurize blanks at a temperature of 85 degrees, then cool quickly.

The main collected mushrooms: porcini, boletus, boletus, chanterelles, boletus, mossiness mushrooms, russula, milk mushrooms, volnushki, saffron mushrooms, honey mushrooms. Other mushrooms are collected depending on the region. And their name (other mushrooms) is legion. As well as mushroom pickers, which are becoming more and more every year. Therefore, there may not be enough for all known mushrooms. And I know for sure that among the little-known come across very worthy representatives. I will tell you about little-known, but tasty and healthy mushrooms in this article.

The word "ampel" comes from the German word "ampel", meaning a hanging container for flowers. Fashion for hanging flower beds came to us from Europe. And today it is very difficult to imagine a garden where at least one hanging basket was not found. In response to the growing popularity of container floriculture, a large number of ampelous plants have appeared on sale, whose shoots easily fall outside the pots. Let's talk about those that are valued for their beautiful flowers.

Apricots in syrup - fragrant apricot compote with cardamom from peeled fruits. These are very useful preparations for the winter - bright and beautiful halves of canned apricots can be used to make fruit salads, desserts or decorate cakes and pastries. There are many varieties of apricots, for this recipe I advise you to choose ripe, but not overripe fruits, from which it is easy to get a stone so that the peeled slices retain the correct shape.

Today, in pharmacies, you can buy a lot of all kinds of medical preparations of general strengthening, tonic action, which are used for colds. Despite this, I always harvest nettles and St. John's wort for the winter on my own, as I consider them indispensable medicinal herbs for the prevention and treatment of colds and many other diseases. What exactly these plants are valuable for, how and when to collect, dry, store and prepare healing infusions, I will tell in the article.

Among species orchids, phalaenopsis are real Spartans. And one of the most hardy species is the four-shield phalaenopsis, or Tetraspis. He is content with minimal care, is not capricious at all, easily adapts. And, unfortunately, almost completely disappeared from the windowsills. Varietal hybrids with their spectacular flowering are found at every step, but you will have to hunt for each specific specimen. But if you like the exotic, then Phalaenopsis tetraspis is worth it.

Boiled chicken stew with vegetables is a delicious hot dish that is very easy to prepare from available ingredients. Both adults and children will like this dish, it can also be included in a not very strict diet menu when you need to eat something hearty, while not fried and not greasy. The recipe for stewed boiled chicken can be categorized as "healthy recipes"! Legs or thighs are ideal for cooking, and the breast fillet will turn out dry, it is better to make cutlets out of it.

I fell in love with roses fifteen years ago. My first roses often upset me: either with multi-colored spots on the leaves, or with a white powdery coating of powdery mildew, or with some other nuisance. What I just didn’t do to treat rose bushes and prevent diseases ... For the last five years, fungal diseases in my area have happened only twice and did not have time to cause any harm to the rose garden. I will share the secrets of preventing a fungal infection in a rose garden.

Fragrant fragrant apricots with delicate velvety skin and pulp melting in the mouth are loved by adults and children. They make excellent jam, marmalade, dried fruits and juices. Not surprisingly, apricot trees are grown in almost every garden in regions with suitable climates. In this article we will tell you which varieties of apricot are best suited for central Russia. In addition, the material will discuss how to properly care for the plant.

Puff pies with sorrel from ready-made yeast-free puff pastry - crispy, ruddy, piping hot, and on your table. You don’t need a lot of sorrel for the filling, you can even mix it with fresh spinach, it will be delicious! Sorrel adds sourness to the traditional egg and onion filling for puff pastries. Remove puff pastry from the freezer 30 minutes before cooking and leave at room temperature so that it thaws a little and becomes pliable.

Among the huge community of indoor representatives of the Aroid family, the syngonium is the only plant that cannot boast of an increase in popularity in the last decade. Everyone seems to have forgotten about this vine. Perhaps due to the rather capricious nature of syngoniums or their similarity with many large-leaved houseplants. But not a single indoor liana can boast of such variability. This is one of the most modest vines, but non-standard.

Wisteria (Wisteria) is a vine that prefers to wrap itself around supports. Another tree, a gazebo, a wall of a building can serve as a support. Wisteria blooms in large hanging clusters that emit a sweetish unique aroma. It attracts insects, especially bees. Blooming wisteria is a truly amazing sight!

Wisteria is a genus of wonderful deciduous vines common in the subtropical regions of North America and East Asia. The name was given in honor of the American professor of anatomy Caspar Wistar. The most widespread in the south of Russia are two types:

It is very photophilous, exacting to the soil, prefers damp and deep fertile. It tolerates city conditions and short-term temperature drops to -20 ° C. It grows very quickly, twisting counterclockwise. Widely used in vertical gardening in the south of Russia. Chinese wisteria(Wisteria chinensis) is a beautiful, densely leafy liana, originally from China, reaching a height of 15-20 m, with large, odd-pinnate leaves, pubescent in youth, later - naked, showy light purple, less often white, flowers. in hanging, loose racemes up to 30 cm long. Blooming in spring, retains individual flowering racemes throughout the summer. The fruit is a densely pubescent bean up to 15 cm long.

One of the most beautiful vines, very spectacular during the flowering period. It is also decorative with its beautiful graceful, feathery foliage, which takes on a golden yellow color in autumn. With systematic pruning, it can be grown in a tree-like, upright, standard form, used in single plantings on a lawn.

Seeds are stored in paper bags in a dry, unheated room. At the same time, seed germination persists for 3-4 years. Sowing in autumn after harvest or in spring without stratification. Seeding depth is 2-3 cm.

It has garden forms: white (f. alba) - with white flowers; terry (f. plena) - with double flowers.

Seeds are stored in paper bags in a dry, unheated room. In this case, the seeds remain viable for 5-6 years. In autumn after collection or in spring, seeds are sown on ridges (preferably in leafy compost) of the nursery. Seeds do not need stratification, but scarification is desirable. Seeding depth is 2-3 cm.

Decorative forms:

white (f. alba) - with white flowers, in inflorescences up to 60 cm long

pink (f. rosea) - with pale pink flowers, the tips of the wings and the boat are purple

purple terry (f. violaceo-plena) - with double purple flowers

macrocluster f. macrobotrys - with brushes up to 1.5 m long and leaves up to 10 cm

motley (f. variegata) - with variegated leaves

Both types of wisteria are thermophilic. In the Crimea and the Caucasus, it blooms very abundantly and for a long time. To the north, it blooms weaker and needs winter shelter. The place is required sunny, protected from the wind.

The soil- light, moderately hydrated, rich in nutrients. Chlorosis (lightening of the leaves) often develops on calcareous soils. Chinese Wisteria is less demanding on pH levels.

In dry spring, plants should be well watered so that the buds do not crumble.

breeds sowing seeds, layering, stem and root cuttings. When buying varietal seedlings, make sure they are vaccinated. Otherwise, the plant will bloom only after a few years and much less magnificently. Seeds are sown in spring in flat pots, in a soil of deciduous earth, soddy soil and sand (4:1:1). Cuttings are taken in March-April. Annual mature shoots 20-25 cm long are cut into cuttings. Rooted in soil from soddy land, peat, humus and sand (3:1:1:1).

Wisterias are beautiful ornamental climbing plants valued for their abundant, long and colorful blooms and fresh, dark green foliage. Among the vines - one of the best for decorating walls, terraces, balconies.

Wisteria is grown not only in open ground. She feels good in pots and flowerpots in the form of a stem tree, which can be obtained with the help of proper pruning. In autumn, such plants are brought into a room with a temperature of 8-10 ° C, with an air humidity of 65-75% and bright lighting. Water sparingly in winter. In March, young side shoots are cut to 2-3 good buds, forming a crown. In the summer they take it out into the open air and water it abundantly.

Wisteria, or wisteria (Wisteria) - large flowering deciduous vines, valued for abundant and long flowering and fresh dark green foliage. Their fragrant flowers, white, blue, violet or purple, look like moths. Collected in large hanging brushes, they look extremely impressive against the backdrop of dense green foliage.

Typical for Wisteria are complex, pinnate leaves, characteristic of most plants from the legume family, as well as fruits - elongated beans, flat, not falling for a long time, with lenticular seeds.

Wisteria has scattered vascular wood, the small vessels of which are surrounded by vascular tracheids and parenchyma.

The cultural area of ​​this kind in the USSR is widely spread over the southern regions of our country: the Western and Eastern Transcaucasia, the Crimea and the adjacent southern and southwestern regions of Ukraine, and in certain regions of Central Asia (in Turkmenistan).

The genus Wisteria includes 9 species. Their main distribution is in East Asia and North America. 6 species are cultivated in the USSR.

Wisteria, or wisteria profusely flowering (Wisteria floribunda) - deciduous liana, reaching a height of 10 m, with drooping branches. The bark is dark gray, shoots and calyx are pubescent. Large leaves, up to 35-40 cm long, consisting of 15-19 ovate-elliptical leaflets 6-8 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. Flowers 1.5-2 cm long, purple and violet-blue, collected in thin racemes reaching a length of 25 cm. The fruit is velvety, tapering towards the base, 10-15 cm long.

Naturally grown in Japan. In culture for a long time. It has been introduced in Western Europe since 1830, on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus - since the end of the 19th century, in the Crimea - since 1902. The cultural area today is the Crimea and the Caucasus. Recommended for further testing in colder and northern areas. In America, this wisteria is used as a horticultural crop for forcing and growing in a tub.

Wisteria, or wisteria chinensis (Wisteria sinensis) is a high (up to 15-18 m) deciduous liana, the diameter of the stem at the base reaches 40 cm. The shoots are silky-pubescent with short hairs. Leaves up to 30 cm long, with 7-13 leaflets, up to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide. The apex of the leaf is sharp, sometimes drawn and curved, the base is broadly wedge-shaped. Young leaves with dense appressed pubescence, adults are almost bare above, lightly pubescent below and lighter. The flowers are bluish-violet, about 2.5 cm long, with a slight odor, collected in rather dense, hanging racemes 15-30 cm long. The calyx and the axis of the inflorescence are pubescent. Gray-yellow beans 10-15 cm long, densely pubescent, cracking, with 1-3 seeds. Seeds kidney-shaped, rounded, yellow-brown.

Naturally distributed in China. In the culture of Western Europe since 1816, in our country - since 1826. The cultural area is the Southern Crimea, the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, the Krasnodar Territory, the Carpathians, Transcarpathia, Chisinau, Central Asia.

Wisteria, or wisteria beautiful (Wisteria venusta) - a vine with a height of more than 10 m with pubescent shoots. Leaves with 9-13 leaflets ovate, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate. Leaflets 6-10 cm long, short-pointed, with a round or almost heart-shaped base, silky-pubescent on both sides, more densely below.

The flowers are white, 2-2.5 cm long, in hanging racemes 10-15 (20) cm long. Pedicels 2.5-3 cm long, hairy. Velvety beans 15-20 cm long.

It grows wild in Japan. The non-double white-flowered form of this species is widely known in Japan only in cultivation. Violet-flowered form, wild, not yet cultivated. In culture in Western Europe since the end of the XIX century. In the USSR on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus since 1936. There is a small amount in Adler in the park of the state farm "Southern Cultures".

Wisteria shrub (Wisteria frutescens) - a liana reaching a height of 12 m, with drooping branches. Young shoots glabrous or nearly glabrous. Leaves of 9-15 leaflets are elliptical-ovate, 2-5 cm long and up to 2.7 cm wide. Glabrous above, below with sparse adpressed hairs. The flowers are lilac-violet, about 2 cm long, in dense racemes 4-10 (15) cm long with a woolly axis. Flowers with hairs, calyx with short teeth and appressed pubescence. Pods 5-10 cm long, flattened, glabrous.

In the wild, it is widely distributed in North America - from Virginia to Florida and Texas. In culture since 1724. In our country since 1826. Occasionally found in parks on the southern coast of Crimea (blooms and bears fruit); in Chisinau and Tashkent (it freezes slightly, blooms and bears fruit) and on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus.

Wisteria large-leaved (Wisteria macrostachys) - from Central North America. Differs in longer inflorescences (20-30 cm) and longer calyx teeth.

wisteria japonica (Wisteria japonica) - liana. Shoots brownish, glabrous: Leaves of 9-13 ovate leaflets, 3-6 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide, with a retracted, rounded apex at the end, with a round or almost heart-shaped base. The leaves are bare, shiny green. The flowers are white, 1-1.3 cm long, in axillary racemes 15-30 cm long, often branched. Calyx 5 mm long, glabrous, ciliated along the edges. Pods 8-10 cm long, glabrous, with 6-7 seeds. Distribution area - Japan.

In culture since 1878. In the USSR on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus since 1936. Currently growing in the Batumi Botanical Garden; in Tashkent (in severe winter it freezes to the level of snow cover). Less winter-hardy and less beautiful than other species.

Wisteria grows well and develops quickly in loose, deep and fertile soils. Wisteria profusely flowering grows well on dry and sandy soils, as it has long, deeply penetrating roots. Demanding on lighting conditions, especially during flowering. It begins to bloom and bear fruit from 3-5 years. During one growing season, repeated flowering can be observed, but with shorter racemes. In hot weather, the flowering period is shortened; in rainy weather, the terry-shaped flowers rot. The fruit keeps until next spring.

Wisteria tolerates partial shade, but grows better in lighted places. Withstands frosts down to -20 °C. Medium drought tolerant. Does not tolerate gas.

Propagated by seeds, layering, cuttings and grafting on the roots. Seeds are sown in a greenhouse in December - January or in open ground in early spring. Seed germination lasts 2-3 years. Germination later. Cotyledons are not taken out by seedlings from the soil and remain in the ground. Seedlings have pinnate first leaves, with a small number of leaflets.

Cuttings of wisteria in open ground are carried out in conditions of natural growth and favorable culture in December-January or in cold greenhouses in summer. When propagating wisteria by layering, they are harvested for rooting in the fall. Root grafting is done in December.

Wisteria easily tolerates transplanting and pruning. Most often, wisteria is propagated by winter cuttings with one kidney in closed ground conditions. The cutting period is February-March. The harvested shoots are split in half along the axis, and then cuttings 5 ​​cm long with one bud in the middle of the cutting are cut from these halves. Rooting is done in boxes or pots in a greenhouse. To do this, the cuttings are immersed in the soil with the kidneys up at a distance of 4-5 cm from each other. Then they are sprinkled with sand with a layer of 1-1.5 cm.

In production conditions, green wisteria cuttings are more acceptable. Significantly increases the percentage of rooting (up to 100%), the treatment of green cuttings with a solution of indolylbutyric or indoleacetic acid at a concentration of 25 and 100 mg per 1 liter of water, respectively. Cuttings not treated with growth stimulants can take root only in conditions of artificial fog.

Wisteria is planted in pits measuring 60x60x50 cm. For planting in the spring, complete mineral fertilizer NPK is applied in a ratio of 1:2:1 at the rate of 25-30 g per 1 m 2 of planting area. Fertilizers are evenly scattered over the surface of the soil and covered with a rake.

When caring for these vines, it is necessary to apply liquid dressings with complete mineral fertilizer at the rate of 10-20 g per bucket of water per 1 m 2 of planting area.

When pruning the shoots of wisteria, one must not forget about the peculiarities of the biology of its flowering. Flowers are formed on last year's and older wood, or on short flower shoots of the current year emerging from perennial wood. Therefore, in order to obtain flower formations, on the number of which the abundance of flowering depends, it is necessary to cut off last year's shoots every year after spring flowering (their length should be no more than 30 cm).

Source: Liana. N. V. Osipova

Wisterias, or wisterias, are large, beautifully flowering deciduous vines, valued for their abundant and long flowering and fresh dark green foliage.

Distribution area - Japan ( Wisteria japonica), China ( Wisteria sinensis) and other countries. Deciduous vine, reaching a height of 8-10 m.

The shoots are pubescent, with a dark gray bark, wrapping around the support clockwise. The leaves are large, compound, up to 40 cm long, consisting of 15 (sometimes 11-19) leaflets of ovate-elliptical shape. The flowers are papilionaceous, blue-violet, collected in strongly elongated (up to 50 cm), cluster-shaped inflorescences.

It blooms after the appearance of leaves, from mid-May to mid-June, and only once - there is no secondary flowering. The flowers bloom gradually from the base to the top.
Has many forms:

"Alba" (Alba) - white flowers,

sometimes with a lilac tint, brushes up to 40 cm long.

"Celestina" (Coelestina) - lavender-blue flowers.

"Multijuga" (Multijuga), synonyms: "Macrobotris" (Mac-robotrys), "Kyushaku" (Kyushaku),

"Naga Nona" (Naga Nona) - lilac-blue flowers with a yellow sail base, in racemes 0.9-1.2 m long.

"Rosea" (Rosea) - purple flowers with a white-pink sail, in racemes about 45 cm long.

"Russeliana" (Russeliana) - purple flowers with cream spots.

"Royal Pearl" (Royal Perle), synonyms "Black Dragon (Black Dragon), "Kokuryu" (Kokyryu) - purple-violet flowers, in racemes 30-50 cm long.

"Double Black Dragon" (Dauble Black Dragon), also known as "Violacea Plena" (Violacea Plena) or "Yae Kokuryu" (Jae Kokyryu) - flowers are double, purple-l silt.

Wisteria profusely flowering grows well and develops quickly on loose fertile soils, responsive to top dressing. Prefers a sunny location.

It tolerates a short drop in temperature to -20 ° C.

Propagated by layering and winter grafting on its own roots.

Used to decorate high pergolas.

They say that there is also a yellow wisteria.

Glicinia, or wisteria (Wisteria) - one of the most beautiful climbing plants - resembles blue rain, and that is why it has such a name in many languages.

Wisteria belongs to the legume family - a large deciduous climbing liana with a hard lignified trunk, valued for its abundant and long flowering and attractive dark green foliage.

Reaches 15 meters in height.

Fragrant flowers are collected in inflorescences 15-20 cm long, with a slight sweet aroma, similar to moths. Large hanging brushes come in a variety of colors: white, blue, purple, violet-blue, lilac, pink or purple, they look extremely impressive against the background of dense green foliage.

Leaves: 30-45 cm long, composed of 7-9-13 leaflets, leaf apex acute, base broadly cuneate. Young leaves with dense pubescence, adults - almost bare above, lightly pubescent below and lighter.

The fruits of wisteria are elongated gray-yellow beans, flat, not falling for a long time, with dense velvet pubescence, cracking, with 1-3 seeds.

The wisteria genus is named after the American professor of anatomy Caspar Wistor and includes 9 species distributed in the subtropical regions of East Asia and North America.

Wisteria is poisonous, so do not plant it next to a pond (flying wisteria leaves that fall into the water are dangerous for fish).

Wisteria is very thermophilic, it is widely used in vertical gardening in regions with mild winters; lives up to 150 years.

Chinese wisteria blooms at the age of three, and Japanese - at the age of ten.



The wisteria genus includes 9 common species.




The plant has been cultivated since the beginning of the 19th century.




Wisteria floribunda was brought to Europe in 1830 from Japan.


Wisteria fructescens was brought to Europe in 1730 from North America.


Wisteria sinensis was introduced around 1815 from China.




In Europe, it is currently grown in the form of decorations for the outer walls of buildings, gazebos, and alleys of parks.

Wisteria reproduces by seeds (the fruit is a densely pubescent bean) and vegetatively: by stem and root cuttings and offspring, rooting them in spring and summer.

A genus of large woody deciduous vines of the legume family. The genus includes 9 species of lianas distributed in the subtropical regions of North America and East Asia. The most widespread are two types - Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) and profusely flowering wisteria, or Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda). The scientific name of the genus Wisteria is given in honor of the American anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) Densely leafy liana, originally from China, reaching a height of 15-20 m, with large odd-pinnate leaves, pubescent at a young age, later - naked. The flowers are light purple, less often white, in hanging loose racemes up to 30 cm long. Blooming in spring, Chinese wisteria retains individual flowering brushes throughout the summer. The fruit is a densely drooping bean up to 15 cm long. It is found in the forests of Hubei and Sichuan provinces in China and has long been used in ornamental gardening. Care and requirements It is very photophilous, exacting to the soil, prefers damp and deep fertile soils. Propagated by sowing seeds, layering, stem and root cuttings. Wisteria profusely flowering, or Japanese (Wisteria floribunda). As the second name implies, it comes from Japan. It reaches a height of 8-10 m, with larger, than the previous species, complex leaves up to 40 cm long. The number of leaflets in them is up to 19 smaller sizes and greater density; a large number of flowers and the size of inflorescences up to 50 cm. The flowers are violet-blue. Blooms 2-3 weeks later than Chinese Wisteria. Care and requirements The plant prefers light, moderately moist soil rich in nutrients. Propagated by sowing seeds, layering, stem and root cuttings.

Wisteria (Wisteria)- deciduous liana, a representative of legumes. It has 10 species, 8 originated in East Asia, 2 in North America. Wisteria is a strong plant, quickly filling all the possible space around it, hardy. Perfectly formed by a person. It grows in one place for a long time.

The wisteria flower is similar to the pea flower. Small flowers are collected in inflorescences brush. Color range from white to purple. The fruit is a bean up to 30 cm long. The leaves are complex, very beautiful.

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria chinensis)- Originally grown in East Asia. The length of the branches reaches 15 - 20 meters. The leaves are large, pinnate. Flowers in various specimens from white to purple form a brush 15 - 30 cm long, which blooms almost simultaneously. It begins flowering in spring, until autumn it can dissolve single inflorescences.

It grows quickly, twists counterclockwise, retains its decorative qualities until autumn due to golden leaves. Easily gives in and takes any form. It can be grown indoors in a large, up to several tens of liters, volume of a pot (barrel). In the conditions of the Black Sea coast, upright forms are grown, as a garden option - with a terry flower shape.

Wisteria multiflorum (Wisteria floribunda)- the length of the branches is up to 10 meters, the leaves are quite large, complex. The brush is about half a meter in size. Color blue to purple. Dissolves gradually. It blooms later than Chinese wisteria, the fruits last all winter. It blooms more abundantly, frost resistance and decorative effect are higher. Grow more vertically.

Wisteria venusta (Wisteria venusta)- grows up to 10 meters. The main difference is the velvety pubescence of compound leaves, especially on the underside of the leaf, and beans. The flowers are large, up to 2.5 cm, form an inflorescence up to 20 cm. There are varieties with white and purple double flowers.

Bush Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)- reaches 10 m in height, branches are similar to willow branches. The flowers are blue to purple, smaller than other types of wisteria. On the territory of Russia, it grows in the Crimea, Moldova and Uzbekistan. One of the types of wisteria that tolerates room conditions. It looks like a large wisteria.

Wisteria macrostachya (Wisteria macrostachya)- found in bush form. For this reason, and because it lacks frost resistance qualities, it can be grown indoors, on balconies and terraces. In the Blue moon variety, blue or white inflorescences saturate their color over time.

wisteria bloom

Wisteria (from the Greek glycos - sweet) got its name because of the fragrant flowers, which are still very beautiful. The aroma is sweet, pleasant, comparable to the aroma of acacia. There are types of wisteria with more delicate or lighter aromas. The flowering of wisteria is not only tangible beauty, but also olfactory beauty. All wisterias adore the growing conditions of their homeland: light, warmth, humidity, lack of temperature changes, humus-rich soil.

The first flowering does not come soon. If wisteria was grown from seeds, it can come in 10 to 15 years. Plants propagated by cuttings or rooting will begin to bloom in 7 years, and flowering will be much more abundant.

The plant begins to bloom before the leaves bloom. Usually it is May - June.

Why is Wisteria not blooming? The answer is simple:
• insufficiently lit by the sun;
• made a lot of nitrogen-containing fertilizers;
• trimmed incorrectly;
• insufficiently watered during the budding period.

In the wild, wisteria may not wake up after winter if the summer was dry. The root growth will grow, but the flowering of the plant itself may not be another 3-4 years.

Flower buds develop on second-year shoots. To create conditions for flowering in Russian conditions, you need to form wisteria in a standard form: a small tree or palmette. The latter method is good for decorating the borders of the site or decorating the wall. The stem is convenient for providing behind the plant, which includes pruning and shelter for the winter with fabric material.

Wet covering material and stagnant waters in winter and early spring are detrimental to wisteria.

Period after flowering

In order for wisteria to bloom profusely, pruning should be done 2 times a season. The first pruning is needed in order to shorten the side shoots by more than half the length. The second pruning shortens the branches after leaf fall, leaving no more than 5 buds on the branch. After a spring inspection, wisteria is tied to a support and cut into 2-3 buds. At this time, the buds are very well distinguished: the flower bud is round, and the growth bud is flat.

There is another trick that makes wisteria bloom more profusely. This is a pruning of branches in 2 weeks by 10 - 15 cm throughout the vegetative period. Stimulation of lateral shoots and their pinching causes the formation of flower buds on short branches more intensively.

The total number of pruning is 3. In early spring, after the first flowering and after leaf fall.

Adhere to this rule should be strictly, if you want to get a flowering plant. The formed tree will bloom more abundantly and faster.

Growing wisteria

The main purpose of wisteria is decoration with hanging inflorescences. To emphasize the beauty of flowers, the plant is guided along the support. For this, arches, pergolas, fences and walls are used. If you do not follow the wisteria, it will wrap around everything in its path, up to the drainpipes. The only condition for preparing the support is that it must be very strong in order to withstand the weight of the branches and flowers.

English gardeners, the most respected in the world, claim that Wisterias are mostly hardy, and temperatures below 25 are not a threshold for them. Nevertheless, without much effort, it can be grown only in the southern latitudes of our country.

The first 3 years of wisteria growth are the most important: the skeleton of the plant is formed, pruning wisteria enhances the formation of flowering buds. If pruned correctly, wisteria will be a long-lived tree and will not require rejuvenation. But if conditions so require, wisteria can be gradually rejuvenated by removing a stem every year and directing the shoot to the right place. carried out almost to the base.

Features of growing indoor varieties

Wisteria grows well in a tub on a balcony, terrace, south room. During the growing season, she needs light and warmth. Top dressing is obligatory, otherwise the plant will stop blooming. In a tub, wisteria is stamped well.

In autumn, after pruning, the tub is taken out to the veranda or to another room, where it is cool enough (8 - 10 degrees), windy and not damp. Water rarely and not abundantly. In early spring, a plant is formed, leaving 2 - 3 flowering buds of wisteria and put in a permanent place.

If after winter the wisteria is located at the south window, it will bloom rapidly. After a break of 1 - 1.5 months, flowering will resume, but not as abundant.

If the plant is not provided with cold rest, it will not only not bloom, it will die.

Wisteria is very responsive to spraying and top dressing with universal fertilizer. Young specimens need to be transplanted every year, adults - after a few years.

After flowering, the plant is cut to half the length of the branches.

Regular watering is required for high-quality flowering. You can't dry out the soil. You can prevent drying out by mulching the soil.

An annual plant can be transplanted to a permanent place in the garden. Any fertile soil is suitable for this and the time from spring to autumn. Soak it in water for 2 hours before. The root of the seedling in the hole is placed horizontally, the support is immediately established and the stem is tied up. Watering seedlings is necessary after planting. After 1 - 2 days, the plant is shortened by 20 cm, leaving 2 - 3 shoots. During the season, they grow by 2 - 2.5 meters. Larger specimens in our conditions will require disproportionate costs. Dry branches should be cut, and curly branches should be guided along the support. For the winter, the plant is spudded and watering is stopped.

Work with wisteria should be in gloves, because. she is very venomous. You can not plant it near children's and medical institutions.

Despite the luxurious appearance, wisteria is not a very capricious plant. If you follow the basic rules of care, you can achieve an annual abundant long flowering.

A photo

Below you can see a photo of how Wisteria blooms:

Wisteria, wisteria (Wisteria) in Greek, meaning "sweet" - a small genus of extremely decorative deciduous vines from the legume family, common in the eastern United States and East Asia. The genus was named after Caspar Wistar, professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. In total, there are 9 species of the wisteria genus, but only two are common in ornamental gardening - Chinese wisteria (W. sinensis) and lush (W. floribunda). The rest are interesting, rather, to taxonomists, because they obviously lose in terms of decorativeness to the previous two.

In general, wisteria Chinese and lush flowers are similar. However, they have a number of features that make them easy to distinguish from each other:

• Wisteria Chinese reaches a height of 20 m. Wisteria lush usually no more than 8 m
• Chinese wisteria has a complex unpaired-pinnate leaf up to 30 cm long, with 7-11 (rarely 13) leaflets, in lush-flowered - up to 40 cm, consisting of 11-19 leaflets (normally 15).
• The stems of Chinese wisteria wrap around the support counterclockwise, that is, they rise from right to left in the direction of the growth point. In the lush-colored, everything is exactly the opposite. Moreover, this trait is constant, therefore, even looking at young plants in a leafless state, one can determine with certainty which species this sample belongs to.
• The flowers of Chinese wisteria are collected in inflorescences up to 30 cm long. In lush wisteria, they are usually longer. In some cultivated garden forms, they reach a meter. In one remarkable plant growing in the Tokyo region, the well-known researcher of the flora of East Asia, the English botanist A. Wilson, measured the inflorescence, which turned out to be over 5 feet long (this is about one and a half meters).
• In Chinese wisteria, flowers in the inflorescence bloom almost simultaneously. In lush flowers, they bloom from the base to the top.
• Wisteria Chinese blooms at the same time as the beginning of the appearance of leaves, as a rule, 2-3 weeks earlier than lush. Wisteria luxuriant blooms in an already leafy state. This property determines the different uses of species. Chinese wisteria, as a rule, is allowed along the wall, and to demonstrate the long brushes of lush wisteria, a roof in the form of a lattice is desirable.
• Chinese wisteria and lush-flowered withstand short frosts down to -20°C. But lush-flowered is considered a more winter-hardy species.
• In Chinese wisteria, secondary flowering is often observed in August-September, although much weaker. Lush flower blooms once.

Here, perhaps, are all the differences between these types of wisteria. It is also worth mentioning that Chinese wisteria comes from China, and lush-flowered from Japan.

It would seem that you can put everything on the shelves and reliably distinguish between these two decorative types of wisteria. However, not all so simple.

Exist Beautiful wisteria (Wisteria formoia) is a hybrid between wisteria sinensis and lush wisteria "Alba" (Alba), grown in the garden of Professor Sargent in Massachusetts in 1905. The plant combines the characteristics of both parents. The number of leaflets in a complex unpaired pinnate leaf ranges from 9 to 15; inflorescences about 25 cm long; the flowers open at the same time, like Chinese wisteria, and the shoots twist counterclockwise, like wisteria luxuriant. This hybrid is superior in beauty to both parents.

Wisteria is not at all rare in the extreme South of Russia. Its flowering occurs there in the month of May. Perhaps no flowering vine makes such an indelible impression as wisteria. Naturally, there is a completely understandable desire to try to grow something similar in their summer cottage or personal plot. Alas, most of these sites are located in climatic conditions unsuitable for the cultivation of wisteria in the conventional sense. But, for example, the vast majority of varietal climbing roses are also not quite winter-hardy, and most of them are simply sissies. However, this does not scare anyone. Moreover, the craze for climbing roses suggests that nothing is impossible for purposeful people. Including in the promotion of wisteria culture to more northern regions.

To preserve varietal characteristics, only vegetative propagation is acceptable. I have repeatedly tried to propagate wisteria with both green and winter cuttings. I did everything as written, but the result was 100% negative. I cannot say absolutely that wisteria is not cutting. But English wisteria nurseries use only 2 methods: horizontal layering and winter grafting on pieces of wisteria roots. Both methods are more laborious than cuttings. And if it were possible to propagate wisteria by cuttings, it would certainly prevail over other methods. But this is not the case in gardening practice. Therefore, recommendations to cut wisteria are slyness. When purchasing wisteria planting material, the gardener must be sure that the seedling is grafted (or obtained by diversion). Only in this case does it make sense to mess with it. The gardener himself can get varietal material. The easiest way to do this is by winter grafting on the roots (only on the roots, since the wood of wisteria is loose and the grafting fails), or by horizontal layering (but for this you need to have a mother plant somewhere nearby).

And here is the much desired wisteria in the hands of the gardener. What's next? The sequence of actions should be like this:

• It is necessary to form the skeleton of the plant. To do this, it is better to grow a young wisteria seedling in the first summer in a container, watering and feeding abundantly. It makes sense to leave 2-3 of the strongest shoots and give them the opportunity to grow as much as possible. Shoots must be tied up as they grow, otherwise they stop developing, and their ends dry out. With good care, wisteria, as a rule, in one season reaches the size within which it will be maintained by pruning in subsequent years. This is about 2-2.2 m. (A larger plant will already be problematic to cover well.) For the winter, the plant is transferred to a cold cellar for guaranteed overwintering.
• In the spring of next year, the prepared plant is planted in a permanent place. This place is chosen near some wall on the south, southeast or southwest side. The sum of positive temperatures must not be less than 3200°C. This is an average figure, for example, for Rostov-on-Don. This agricultural technique allows you to provide wisteria with the necessary amount of heat. If you plant it in an open place, then it most likely will not bloom even after a successful wintering.
• Shelter for wisteria should be about the same as for climbing roses. But in case of a snowless winter, you need to have additional covering material from pre-prepared dry leaves. Support for wisteria shoots must be strong and durable. It will withstand a fairly large load associated with the high windage of this creeper. Wisteria shoots should be tied annually to this support, preventing them from tangled around it, so that in the fall you can easily remove them, press them to the ground and cover them. As a rule, a significant part of the annual growth freezes even under cover. But that doesn't matter, as the wisteria needs to be pruned regularly.
• Proper pruning of wisteria is the key to abundant flowering. Flowers are formed on last year's and older wood or on short flower shoots of the current year. Therefore, in order to obtain flower buds, on the number of which the abundance of flowering depends, it is necessary to cut off last year's shoots annually at the end of May (their length should be no more than 30 cm). In August, the growth of the current year should also be shortened by 4-5 buds, and in early spring, after removing the shelter and tying the shoots to the support, last year's growth is shortened by another 2-3 buds. In general, the trimming procedure is not difficult. But it must be carried out strictly, otherwise you will not achieve abundant flowering, for which wisteria is so valued.

Over the years of cultivation of wisteria, only a few markedly different forms have been identified. At wisteria chinensis only 3 forms are known for certain:

• "Alba" ("Alba") - white flowers in short racemes; introduced by R. Fortune from China in 1846;
• "Prolific" ("Prolific") - close to the usual form, but more abundant in flowering and with longer tassels; originated in Holland in Boskop;
• "Sierra Madre" ("Sierra Madre") - an early flowering form with lavender-purple flowers (origin unknown to me).

A few more interesting shapes wisteria luxuriant :

• "Alba" ("Alba") - flowers are white, sometimes with a purple tint, the length of the inflorescences is 40 cm; there is also a white-flowered form with very long racemes, but not profusely flowering;

• "Celestina" ("Coelestina") - lavender-blue flowers, selected and named by Sprenger in 1911;

• "Multijuga" ("Multijuga") - synonyms "Macrobotrys" ("Macrobotrys"), "Kyushaku" ("Kyushaku"), "Naga Nona" ("Naga Nona") - lilac-blue flowers with a yellow base near the sail, in hands 0.9-1.2 m long; introduced to England by Van Gutt in 1847; the name "Multijuga" was at one time used in a broad sense for all known forms of W. flobunda with long racemes;
• "Rosea" ("Rosea") - flowers with a white-pink sail and purple wings and a boat; brushes about 45 cm long; in culture since 1903;
• "Russeliana" ("Russeliana") - the flowers are darker than those of "Multijuga" ("Multijuga"), marked with cream spots; bred by L.R. Russell in 1904;
• "Royal Purle" - a synonym for "Black Dragon" ("Black Dragon") and "Kokuryu" - purple-violet flowers in racemes 30-50 cm long.

There is also a terry form of wisteria with purple-lilac flowers. This form has several synonyms: " Double Black Dragon" ("Double Black Dragon"), "Violacea Plena" (Violacea Plena), "Yae Kokuryu" ("Yae Kokyuryu" ). Some authors attribute it to Wisteria luxuriant. And this is not surprising, since her complex pinnate leaf has an average of 15-17 leaves, the inflorescence blooms from the base to the top and has a length of about 40 cm. Its shoots twist counterclockwise, like Chinese wisteria and it blooms at the same time. It is reliably known that it was introduced from Japan to the USA in the 1860s, and from there to the British Isles around 1870. A superbly developed specimen of this form is in the Sochi arboretum.

It is the above forms of wisteria that may be on sale in garden centers. Breeding of varietal wisteria is now actively carried out in Polish nurseries - the main suppliers of planting material. A good collection of interesting forms, represented by absolutely luxurious specimens, is available in the Sochi Arboretum.