Blue Moon Wisteria
Wisteria macrostachya 'Blue Moon'
$56.00 – $93.00
One of the hardiest of all wisterias, this stunning vine is highly tolerant to cold and features stunning chains of lavender flowers blooming three times a year; vine can grow quite woody, needs ample support and full sun
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Blue Moon Wisteria is a multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape | but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Ornamental Qualities
Blue Moon Wisteria is draped in stunning chains of fragrant lavender pea-like flowers with powder blue overtones hanging below the branches from mid to late spring. It has green deciduous foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring. The narrow pinnately compound leaves turn yellow in fall.
Planting and Growing
Blue Moon Wisteria will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 24 inches. As a climbing vine | it tends to be leggy near the base and should be underplanted with low-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence | trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it | or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a fast rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This woody vine should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions | but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America | and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals | so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 30'Hx24"W
Flowers are lavender with strong fragrance
Flowers from mid to late spring
Attracts hummingbirds
Fall color yellow
Zone 4a
Known to be toxic
Likes well drained soil