Blue Japanese Wisteria Bonsai

When in bloom this bonsai will stop anyone in their tracks.

Blue japanese wisteria bonsai. The wisteria bonsai tree has woody branches which grow in a somewhat curved pattern. The branches and trunk are both. It sports the longest flower racemes of any wisteria. Department of agriculture zones 5 to 9.

These fast growing climbing trees develop into gorgeous bonsai under the right conditions. For bonsai the most common species are the chinese wisteria wisteria sinensis and the japanese wisteria wisteria floribunda which produces the longest flower clusters. Growing to 9 m 30 ft it is a woody deciduous twining climber. Most widely planted wisteria in the u s.

With proper attention to the care and propagation of a wisteria bonsai the cascading form shows off the pink purple. Chinese wisteria wisteria sinensis and japanese wisteria wisteria floribunda are often chosen to style as bonsai but they are both included on the u s. It was brought from japan to the united states in the 1830s. The flowers carry a distinctive fragrance similar to that of grapes.

These racemes burst into great trails of clustered blue flowers in early to mid spring. Since then it has become one of the most highly romanticized flowering garden plants. One way to contain your wisteria is to start growing wisteria in pots. The rapid growth thickens the truck very quickly making the tree look very old.

The trunk is also curved and may have between one to three different sections. The long velvety seed pods can literally explode and catapult their seeds out when they get ripe. It produces the most pectacular flowers out of wisteria family. Japanese wisteria bonsai tree scientific name wisteria floribunda is a deciduous shrub with dark green leaves and gray brown trunk.

The deciduous wisteria is hardy to u s. Forest service invasive plants list. It is a hardy tree therefore needs to be grown outdoors. They can reach 30 feet 9 m tall with a spread of up to 60 feet 18 m when planted against a wall.

Seed pods and seed are poisonous. With its shiny bright green foliage which falls in the autumn and fragrant pea like purple flowers dangling in clusters this bonsai tree is a magnificent show stopper when in bloom and will bloom in considerable shade. The wisteria tree is often used in bonsai because of the clumps of fragrant flowers it produces. Japanese wisteria can grow over 30m long over many supports via powerful clockwise twining stems.

Very showy purple or white pea like fragrant flowers grow in long hanging clusters.