Wisteria floribunda ('Issai') 'DOMINO'

Wisteria floribunda ('Issai') 'DOMINO'
Japanese wisteria - STANDARD TREE

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	1.5-3m
USUAL WIDTH	1-3m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	violet
BLOOMING TIME	May - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Domino is another attractive variety of Japanese wisteria. In older sources you can also find its other name ’Issai’. It produces medium sized, compact racemes with fragrant, pea-like flowers that are a combination of light mauve and deep violet with a yellow spot in the throat. They come out in May along with leaves, and are followed by seed-pods with poisonous seeds in late summer. Pinnate leaves look rather exotic and densely cover the plant and its support from the ground level. They are light green, deciduous and turn yellow in autumn.

Wisteria vine needs a strong trellis or a fence to climb, while tree forms need a good support only until their trunk hardens enough to hold the crown (about 5-6 years from transplanting). Wisterias flower mainly on short spurs along the twigs and pruning will encourage setting of flower buds. So cut back long branches to 5-10 cm every spring and also during the season.

Wisteria needs moist, acid, medium fertile soil. Fertilizing is not recommended. Young plants require a sheltered place, mature plants (and those with a stem) are fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 29-08-2012

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
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EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
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GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.