Wisteria sinensis 'Alba'

That fleece was worth it 💜🤍💜 #wisteria #wisteria-sinensis-alba #wisteria-alba and #wisteria-issai

Thank you. I love wisteria. Can you tell?! 😂 @gjones

Thank you Laura 😍 @columbiariver

I’ve never heard of that one and had no idea if could be invasive though not sure if I’d mind 🤔😉😂 @gjones

Really welcoming walk to the French doors

Oh Joan! I wish they were. Sadly it’s just a bedroom window (we live in an upside down house) 🙃 Though when she’s home my daughter does have a lovely view 😊 @joannie.a

Gorgeous- got couple of flowers on mine for the first time this year - planted it 2020 was about 3’ tall - very exciting. Can’t wait until it looks like yours.💜

Once they start they don’t ever stop Christine 👍 💜 @grandmagizzy

Fabulous!!! #bestofmay

If my neighbours didn’t already think I was a bit mad… ❄️ 🛌 #wisteria #wisteria-frost-protection 😂

You’re ok I do the same thing not that it makes us both sane of course!

😂 😂 @joycemb

I thought you had ghosts 😂

😂 Hopefully no-one is going to be walking down the footpath at the bottom of the garden tonight 👻 @charlotte

I’m still fleecing…

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Don't worry Jacqueline we've all got neighbours like that, you just carry on 😂

😂 Thanks Sue @churchfarmgarden

If it works who cares what people think.

Absolutely Joan. In truth, they’re as potty as I am 🙄😂 @joannie.a

Pruning time! #wisteria-pruning

It is definitely time to cut back the #wisteria ... #pruning-wisteria

Do you just cut the new stragglers off and does it just flower on old wood Jacqueline please....it always has me baffled...

I cut all the long shoots back to 6 or 7 leaves then cut them back again to 2 or 3 in late winter, by which time you can see the flower buds. The one on the house in this picture is very vigorous and I have to prune it a few times over the summer. Hope that helps. I don’t think you can prune them too hard 👍@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

@awomanonabike yes thank that’s great advice....I’ve just been chopping the stragglers off any where...👍🏼

You’re welcome Elaine. Now yours has flowered there will be no stopping it I’m sure 😊 @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

So pleased to see this. I thought I had lost all of the flowers to that very late frost but no! I left the dead buds for a while but then gave it a trim and now it is rewarding me 😍🥰 #white #wisteria #wisteria-alba

That’s wonderful news, I know how upset you were 🤍🤍🤍

Oh how nice.

I am so happy Jane. You’re right, I was upset. I even made the postman walk round to the back of the garden to show him 🙄😂 @pelly

Very nice I think Leslie! 😊@lesliecole49

I hope you know your postman well 😱😂😂

I do now 😉😂 @pelly

I’ve just seen my postie and he thanked me for his birthday present, so I suppose I do know him quite well 😉😂 @pelly

I'm glad to hear you're not just dragging in all and sundry to see your garden 😂 nice of you to give him a birthday gift though 🎁

I'm glad to hear you're not just dragging in all and sundry to see your garden 😂 nice of you to give him a birthday gift though 🎁

😂 It was nothing fancy, just some sugar-free flapjack 😋 @pelly

Still a lovely thought though 🎁

I will have flowers. I will. 😃

Oh great - it survived

I will not cry. I will not! #theresalwaysnextyear

So disappointing @awomanonabike 👎

So sad We have a blue bird hibiscus which has grown well and been beautiful. This year, not a bud, leaf, nothing. It appears to be alive in terms of flexible stems and green when scratched. We are at a loss?

What happened? ☹️

Very Sue @churchfarmgarden

Maybe you’ve been to nice to it 🤔😉 @joanboston

The latest frost I can ever remember Pam. I’m not sure that even a single flower has made it... @tiger123

Oh no, I know you were really worried about this happening. 😢

😔😔 oh no! 💚

It has never been caught this late and it was going to be stunning. Hey ho! @pelly

Oh yes 😢 @anges

You can cry. I would! How gutting!

12 Aug 2019 • Had a lovely time today pruning the #wisteria and breathing in the scent...and no, I didn’t prune any of the flowers 😍

Can just imagine 😍

It is one of my favourite scents Diane. Just gorgeous @Diane76

You had sunshine?!!! 😯

We did 😎 It’s now pi**ing down again though 💦💦💦 @rachelbrooks

I’ll let you off then! 😉 been p*ssing down all day here...makes a change from gale force wind I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve got more flowers on mine I was gobsmacked....👍🏼

Once they start there’s no stopping them 😍 @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

23 Jul 2019 • Well hello! Look who’s gatecrashing the viticella party 🎉

Isn't this pretty!

I thought so too when I spotted it Leslie @lesliecole49

18 May 2019 • 💚💚💚 #wisteria-sinensis-alba being photobombed by #wisteria issaï 😉

1 Jun 2018 • I also came home to this! Alba is my favourite #wisteria The wisteria that is hanging down at the top is #Wisteria-Issai 💜

A lovely welcome 😍

The whole garden has come alive while I’ve been away. And now we’ve had some rain it will be romping away and I’ll never catch up 🙄 @icedance

Beautiful garden, glorious x x x

The thing I look forward to most when I return from hols is to see what the gardens done .. but I get the feeling of overwhelming.. it’s like a teenager when the parents go away ! Hopefully it’s not to much hard work Jacqueline 🤞😘

Thank you Claudia 😘😘 @clipperty

You’ve got it in one Sam👍 June is the teenage years and it always gets away from me. Eventually I give up and just sit back and watch 😉😂😂 @icedance

Oh it really is Jacqueline 😂😂🌸🌱💚 yes just have to give in and enjoy 😊

The new leaves on this really are like bronze - great contrast with the remaining flowers.

Just so pretty xx

Very Claudia 💚 @clipperty

So dainty and pretty 💚

I think it might be my favourite... @rachelbrooks

It looks fabulous 😍😍😍

I love it Jane. It's also much slower growing than my others, so very easy to keep under control & doesn't take up much room 🤔😊😊 @pelly

This is the white one Sue...Not that I mean to lead you into temptation 😉 @susanhumphrey333

😊

Fabulous! 👌🏼

Gorgeous 😊

Thank you. It is the best ever this year 😍 @rachelbrooks @susanhumphrey333

#wisteria

😢😢 Some of the buds on my white wisteria did get caught by the frost after all (the sad looking one at the back). Hard to know why some were caught & others not, as they are all equally unprotected as growing on a pergola as opposed to against the house. There are still lots of buds that look OK though 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Nature will triumph in the end and I can't wait to see it in full flower (please) xx

Just try and stop me Claudia 😂It is gorgeous when it first comes into flower, as the new leaves are brown initially & make a great contrast with the white flowers @clipperty

Ah at least it wasn't them all Jacqueline 👍🏼 shame though! Also looking forward to the pics of the blooms 👏🏼

True Rachel, and the dead buds aren't hugely obvious either. Worse things happen at sea...or something! 🤔😉😂 @rachelbrooks