Chinese wisteria seeds

Chinese wisteria, Wisteria / Wisteria sinensis

This is a beautiful, densely leafy liana, 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 brushes up to 30 cm long.

Blooming in spring, it retains individual flowering brushes throughout the summer. The fruit is a densely pubescent bean up to 15 cm long. Wisteria is a beautiful decorative climbing liana, valued for its abundant, long and colorful flowering, fresh dark green foliage. Among the vines - one of the best for decorating walls, terraces, balconies.

It is very photophilous, exacting to the soil, prefers damp and deep fertile. It tolerates city conditions and short-term temperature drops to minus 20 ° C. It grows very quickly, twisting counterclockwise. 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.

Propagated by sowing seeds, layering, stem and root cuttings. Seeds remain viable for 3-4 years. Sowing of seeds is carried out in autumn or spring without stratification. Planting depth 2 - 3 cm. In spring, seeds are sown in flat pots, in soil from deciduous soil, 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). In dry spring, plants should be well watered so that the buds do not crumble.

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.