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Chinese or Japanese wisteria?
My wisteria is seven years old and I prune it carefully, as suggested, in July and February. However, every year the flowers appear after the leaves. There are only a few of them and I have to cut the leaves away so that they can be seen.
I have heard that Japanese wisterias flower before the leaves appear and Chinese ones after. Is this correct – if so, have I got a Chinese one or am I doing something wrong?
Richard Crane2 (23/4/07)
Mary: Richard, you are quite right that Japanese and Chinese wisterias flower at slightly different times in relation to the leaves, but you have got it the wrong way round. The Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) flowers before the leaves emerge, while the Japanese one (Wisteria floribunda) tends to flower with the leaves. There are also hybrids between the two!
Another way to tell is that the Chinese one spirals anti-clockwise and the Japanese one spirals clockwise – so I reckon you have the Japanese form. When buying a wisteria the safest bet is to buy one in flower.
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