Wisteria × valderi 'Lavender Lace'
Valder's wisteria (syn. Wisteria floribunda 'Lavender Lace')
This climber is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
- Position: full sun or light, dappled shade
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: June
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Delicate, gently spiralling, cascading lilac-flushed and pale purple racemes of ‘Lavender Lace’ are borne in late spring and early summer. This vigorous deciduous climber has been raised from a cutting and will flower earlier than a seed-grown wisteria. Select a wall, trellis, or pergola for this fragrant, floriferous ‘floribunda’ to find its feet! - Garden care: Incorporate some well-rotted organic matter and mycorrhizal fungi when planting your Wisteria and keep well-watered until established, particularly in dry summers. Prune in July to reduce the long thin green growth and again in January to further reduce these stems to encourage flower buds.
- Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten