American Wisteria

Less aggressive growth than similar Asian species. Blooms only on new wood. At least one cultivar has white flowers.



Good trellis, post or fence vine. It's a legume, so it can grow in poor soils, but blooms much better with a richer soil mixture.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Foliage palatable to deer.

Floodplains, gum swamps, upland thickets.

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Attracts pollinators.
• Larval host for silver spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) and long-tailer skipper (Urbanus proteus).