WISTERIA brachybotrys 'Shiro-kapitan'

Common name: Silky Wisteria ?Shiro-Kapitan?

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: Japan

Description: Deciduous climber with white flowers held on short racemes in May & June

Uses: Grow over pergola, or on a trellis, or on wires up a wall

Climate/Position: Full sun to dappled shade

Height/Spread: 6 metres, spread 5 metres

Soil Requirements: Fertile soil with a good root run. If planting against a house wall, angle the plant towards the wall, so roots are out of the rain shadow

Pruning: After flowering prune all long shoots back to 5 or 6 buds, then in winter, prune them back to 2 or 3 buds from the stem

Special Requirements: Harmful if eaten

Additional Interest: Shiro means white.