I am very proud to announce that my Wisteria has got flowers this year!

I am living here since 2010. The poor Wisteria was cut down to the ground when I moved in. I did not cut it since 2010, and it became a better-grown climber. At the other side of my back fence, where it grows, are big waste bins. Every morning people from the workshops open the lids against the fence breaking off the new growth. There never were any flowers.

This year the climber gave me at least 20 strings of flowers.

 

It is hardy in USDA plant hardiness zones 5-9, and prefers moist soils. It is considered shade tolerant, but will flower only when exposed to partial or full sun. It will also flower only after passing from juvenile to adult stage, a transition that may take up to 20 years. It can live for over a hundred years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_sinensis


25 responses to “Flowering Wisteria”

  1. Gallivanta Avatar

    There will be no stopping it now. Beautiful flowers. I had no idea the vine could live for so long.

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      I agree with the no stopping. It has grown strong and well till now and now I can enjoy the flowers. They are very beautiful when in full bloom. I was also surprised to read that it could take so long before the start flowering.

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      1. Gallivanta Avatar

        Yes, that was surprising to me, too.

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  2. Olga Avatar

    pragtig.

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Dankie, baie bly hy blom nou!

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  3. rondomtaliedraai Avatar

    Dis uitbundig mooi.
    Het jy Kobie se e-pos gekry?

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Dit is mooi! Het gekry. Het jy haar tel no ook gekry want sy vra ek moet dit vir jou stuur!

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      1. rondomtaliedraai Avatar

        Ja ek het my lam geskrik en haar toe gebel.

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        1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

          Het haar sommer dadelik geantwoord ook.

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  4. perdebytjie Avatar

    Mooiste mooi!Dit voer my ook terug na my kinderjare waar ons so ‘n stellasie gehad het,waaroor die bloureën gegroei het.Dit was elke lente ‘n besondere gesig

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Ek het my ook altyd verkyk aan die boogies wat so oor die paadjie gaan en dan vol stringe blommetjies is. Nou kan ek ook sê ek het n bloureen.

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  5. milliethom Avatar

    We’ve never had a wisteria in all the places we’ve lived, even though I love to see them growing up walls and fences and around people’s front doors. Perhaps we’ll plant one next time we move! Congratulations on having yours flowering this year!

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Thank you. I am so glad it is flowering now. From now on it will do it every year. Sometimes my neighbour who is a keen gardener said that she doesn’t know why I don’t dig it out because it never has flowers! So glad I kept watering and looking after it.

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  6. Tannie Frannie Avatar

    Ai, hoe verlang ek nou na die huis waar my kinders grootgeword het – daar was ‘n bloureën wat oor die paadjie na die voordeur toe gehang en elke jaar in oorvloed geblom het… Ek is saam met jou bly oor joune!

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Dankie, ek is heel in my skik dat hy uiteindelik blom. Toe ek lees dat hy jare vat voor hy blom was ek eers in my noppies dat ek deurgedruk het en hom kans gegee het om te ontwikkel. Ek is ook mal oor die prieële met hul bloureën in lente.

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  7. Anne Avatar

    Pure blydskap. Dit is wonderlike om uiteindelik blomme te kry – geniet hulle.

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Dankie, ek is regtig dankbaar dat ek maar aangehou het om hom te laat groei.

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  8. Leya Avatar

    One of my absolute favourites – congratulations!

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Thanks, I am so glad it started flowering at last.

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  9. nowathome Avatar

    Wow! Dis pragtig en dankie vir die inligting ook!

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Ek is so opgewonde oor die blomme want ek het elke jaar gesoek en gekyk vir blomme en uiteindelik blom hy nou.

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      1. nowathome Avatar

        Dis wonderlik!

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  10. HesterLeyNel Avatar

    Bloureën! Heerlike geur wanneer dit blom.

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    1. scrapydo2.wordpress.com Avatar

      Ja, ek is so bly hy blom uiteindelik. Die ou spul aan die anderkant van die heining breek elke keer die uitloopsels af.

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