Wisteria brachybotrys

Read about Wisteria brachybotrys in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Wisteria venusta, Rehd. & Wils. (W. brachybotrys var. alba, Mill.). Silky Wisteria. Tall, reaching 30 ft. or more, the young growth pubescent: lfts. usually 5 pairs (from 4-6 pairs), velvety both sides, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- to ovate-oblong, short-acuminate, at the base subcordate or rounded or truncate, entire: raceme pendulous, 6 in. or less long including the short peduncle, broad, the rachis densely appressed-villous; fls. very large, white, on nearly horizontal spreading pedicels; standard suborbicular, truncate at apex and auricled at base, clawed; upper calyx-teeth subulate: pod compressed, densely velvety. China, province Chi-li.—More or less planted in Eu. and U. S., but only recently distinguished. Var. plena (forma plena), Rehd. & Wilson. With double white fls., occasionally offered by Japanese dealers; the only double-fld. white wisteria known. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.