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paleotn

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27. I have a love / hate relationship with wisteria.

Sun May 16, 2021, 06:47 PM

May 2021

Beautiful flowers in spring like yours. Years ago when we lived in NC, wisteria had naturalized on our back property over who knows how many decades into a tangled mess. Over the first 5 or so years we owned the place the best we could do was fight it to an uneasy truce. Wisteria is beautiful, but also a tough bugger down south. Not as oppressive as kudzu, but close.

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Look how pretty our wisteria is this year. [View all] Croney May 2021 OP

How beautiful! Sure looks fantastic. ♥ CaliforniaPeggy May 2021 #1

Gorgeous! hlthe2b May 2021 #2

That is lovely! hermetic May 2021 #3

Wow! Nt spooky3 May 2021 #4

That's so beautiful! Where is that? XanaDUer2 May 2021 #5

Our yard in Massachusetts. Croney May 2021 #7

Why, I didn't know you Yankees had such nice Wisteria. I thought it was a Southern speciality. Chainfire May 2021 #9

We got no Confederate nuthin'. Croney May 2021 #10

Well Good! I guess the carpet bag was full! ;) Chainfire May 2021 #13

It grows well here in Mr.Bill May 2021 #12

When visiting Berkeley, California PhylliPretzel May 2021 #26

Yep! I have one here that is trying it's very best to strangle my one of my redwoods. It's The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2021 #43

I'm in Lake County and about 25 years ago we rented Mr.Bill May 2021 #46

Howdy, Sorta kinda neighbor! Yep, we bought this place about 11 yrs ago but I was Dx w/stage 4B The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2021 #52

Thank you!:) True Blue American May 2021 #58

We have magnolias and honeysuckle in southern half of Minnesota. pazzyanne May 2021 #17

Minnesota, that is a Canadian province, right? Chainfire May 2021 #18

You got that right! pazzyanne May 2021 #19

I lived one year in Chicago. Chainfire May 2021 #25

Not a southerner BUT you are saying what I always tell people- it ALWAYS works in your favor when The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2021 #44

Wisteria grows in lots of places. It's a tough bugger. paleotn May 2021 #22

I was going to ask where it was too. Ours bloomed a few weeks ago. Maybe a month ago. raccoon May 2021 #33

Here in Western MA, the leaves are just starting to open TheRickles May 2021 #47

That is beautiful. I love the plant. Chainfire May 2021 #6

Oh no. What a loss. Croney May 2021 #8

I don't understand how people can do that Hekate May 2021 #29

I'd have NJCher May 2021 #36

Gorgeous! SheltieLover May 2021 #11

My mom was always railing about the horrors of wisteria bucolic_frolic May 2021 #14

It can be really invasive. Pinback May 2021 #66

Beautiful. Ellipsis May 2021 #15

absolutely lovely! glad you told him to keep those clippers to himself. lol! nt orleans May 2021 #16

Huh? Where's the green leaves? It's just all blossom? Has Laura PourMeADrink May 2021 #20

Oh yes, it has leaves, and has blossomed for 20 years. Croney May 2021 #24

It's so weird how they are all so different. Like I see almost Laura PourMeADrink May 2021 #50

omg i planted mine in 1995 and never bloomed..never really grew either :( samnsara May 2021 #35

Wow... The longest first blooming listed was like 20 years. Wild that Laura PourMeADrink May 2021 #48

A planet overgrown with lovely plants and greens thanks to lower pollution from pandemic. joetheman May 2021 #21

Wow! Love it! NurseJackie May 2021 #23

I have a love / hate relationship with wisteria. paleotn May 2021 #27

BEWARE! Dangerous beauty - Worse than kudzu CommonHumanity May 2021 #60

Beautiful! Rarely do I see wisteria here in SoCal on the coast, but there was a random patch... Hekate May 2021 #28

There is a little landscaped park in Ojai, MoonchildCA May 2021 #59

That is so beautiful! FlowingWater May 2021 #30

That is a sweet setting wendyb-NC May 2021 #31

When they say a plant (like wisteria) only blooms on old growth, vanlassie May 2021 #32

Im so jealous! i planted wisteria next to the house when i first moved here in 1995..never bloomed. samnsara May 2021 #34

Yes! Maybe it just wants a different view. Croney May 2021 #45

Those flowers look a lot like the lilacs we have in our back yard..... George II May 2021 #37

Lovely! They do look similar. Croney May 2021 #51

lovely. AllaN01Bear May 2021 #38

Heaven, lucky you! appalachiablue May 2021 #39

Lovely! Demsrule86 May 2021 #40

That back yard has character Aussie105 May 2021 #41

Such a glorious bloom of wisteria on your pergola... electric_blue68 May 2021 #42

Thanks! Here's a view from the other side. Croney May 2021 #49

Breathtaking! Trueblue Texan May 2021 #53

Just gorgeous! niyad May 2021 #54

That is so lovely ☺️ Olafjoy May 2021 #55

What a wonderful place for a morning coffee and bagel GeoWilliam750 May 2021 #56

Lucky you to have such beautiful wisteria mnhtnbb May 2021 #57

An exquisite oasis! The Wisteria is stunning. MLAA May 2021 #61

Wow seta1950 May 2021 #62

Beautiful seta1950 May 2021 #63

so THAT'S a wisteria certainot May 2021 #64

Gorgeous!!! BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #65