Wisteria

Wisteria trees are twining climbers. Best grown in full sun. Mostly trained over walls and pergolas. Tough and hardy. They can be grown in pots. Wisteria trees are relatively clean and suffer few disorders. Cut back at any time of the year and they will flower strongly the following spring.

Wisteria is named after Daniel Wister, son of notable Quaker and businessman John Wister of Philadelphia. Daniel Wister joined with Samuel Miles and Robert Morris to underwrite the voyage of the American commercial vessel Empress of China – the first ship to trade between the United States and China which has previously been closed to most foreigners.