{"id":64424,"date":"2017-05-25T00:09:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=64424"},"modified":"2024-02-06T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:46:30","slug":"wistful-for-wisteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/64424","title":{"rendered":"Wistful for Wisteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAh, wisteria \u2026 my favorite. I had one when I was young and newly married and living in a very old house. Since then, I only long for another,\u201d Beverly (Bee Haven Maven) wistfully writes. \u201cI have a picture in my mind of an arbor with wisteria on either side and a great old wooden porch swing hanging beneath. My peaceful dream is only interrupted by the buzzing of bees around my head\u2014they really love the blossoms. Perhaps this will be another project for another year\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64426\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64426\" class=\"wp-image-64426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wisteria-220683_960_720.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ink Flo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I feel certain that Bev is not the only one feeling wistful for wisteria this time of year. They are truly lovely, but not easily grown on a whim. Cultivating these divine vines requires time and patience (like, years\u2019 worth). So, if you\u2019re planning a planting, prepare for a two- to three-year process of hurry-up-and-wait.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64428\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64428\" class=\"wp-image-64428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wisteria-1336388_960_720.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Carlotta Silvestrini via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another consideration before shopping for seeds: only two varieties of wisteria are native to the U.S. This fact matters because the Asian varieties (<em>Wisteria sinensis<\/em> and <em>Wisteria floribunda<\/em>) are considered invasive, noxious weeds that will aggressively spread and displace native vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider growing the less invasive American wisteria (<em>Wisteria frutescens<\/em>), which grows in Zones 5 to 9. The vine grows 25 to 30 feet long with shiny, dark-green leaves and large, drooping lilac or purple-blue flower clusters, which appear after the plant has leafed out. However, note that the flowers are unscented, unlike the Asian Wisteria,\u201d advises the <em>Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/em>. \u201cAnother native American is <em>Wisteria macrostachya<\/em> (Zones 4 to 9) or Kentucky wisteria. This late-season bloomer is native to the southeastern U.S. and bears unscented bluish-purple flowers after growing only two to three years, making it the quickest wisteria to bloom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rather than wait for wisteria to bloom, take a (virtual) vacation to Kawachi Fuji Garden in Kitakyushu, Japan. This gorgeous garden boasts over 100 flowering wisteria plants from 20 different species. The voluminous vines create Kawachi Fuji\u2019s famous wisteria tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>Get details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-guide.com\/e\/e4881.html\"><u>Japan-Guide.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAh, wisteria \u2026 my favorite. I had one when I was young and newly married and living in a very old house. Since then, I only long for another,\u201d Beverly (Bee Haven Maven) wistfully writes. \u201cI have a picture in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/64424\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/64424\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67103,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64424\/revisions\/67103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}