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17 of the Best Wisteria Varieties
23.06.2023 - 06:53 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
17 of the Best Wisteria VarietiesQuick! Picture a wisteria vine. I bet you conjured up something with lilac flowers on long racemes. Maybe you even imagined an aggressive woody vine that will try to take over your garden.
Forget all that.
While you can always find the classic wisteria described above, there are so many other wonderful wisteria options out there these days.
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You can find dark purple, pale pink, true white, and sky blue petals on racemes that can range from six inches to two feet long, on plants that might stay a petite 10 feet or stretch three times that far.
Some newer options will rebloom for a second time later in the year and there are many North American natives that won’t become invasive.
We’ve rounded up a few of the best. Here are the ones we’ll chat about:
17 of the Best Varieties of WisteriaMost are hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 9, but we’ll point out any that deviate from this.
If you are new to growing wisteria, be sure to check out our guide for cultivation tips.
1. Amethyst FallsAsian types are the most popular commercially, but ‘Amethyst Falls’ is pretty darn successful for an American (Wisteria frutescens) cultivar, and for good reason.
It was discovered as a stem mutation by South Carolina growers Bill and Bob Head, and it has proven to be a reliable, vigorous grower that reblooms a few months after the initial flush of flowers.
‘Amethyst Falls’
The lavender-blue flowers appear in clusters about six inches long on 10-foot-long vines.
For a tough, prolific, and beautiful waterfall-like cascade of blossoms, snag a two-gallon, five-gallon, two- to three-, or three- to four-foot plant at Fast
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