Burford Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria x valderi Burford

Beautiful pale lilac & purple flowers in May-June, sweetly scented, held in strings (racemes) almost half a metre long. Bronze new leaves, golden Autumn colour. Burford Wisteria can also be trained as a specimen, on a frame in a large pot or planter, perfect for an entrance or in a sitting area.

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Features

• Large deciduous healthy climber
• Light lilac & purple flowers in May-June
• Will grow to 8m x 6m
• Lovely sweet perfume
• Fully hardy
• Sun or dappled shade
• Clockwise twining
• RHS Award of Garden Merit

Growing Burford Wisteria

It'll need sturdy support and so a pergola, pillar or wall with vine eyes and wires, spaced at 12" distances, will work well. It'll also grow over established trees as long as it's kept in check.

It's fully hardy, but strong winds will damage the leaves and flowers, so a sheltered site is best. It'll need a fertile, moist but well-drained soil and prefers sun, but dappled shade is fine.

History & Trivia

The classification of this variety changed to Wisteria floribunda (Macrobotrys Group) 'Burford' in 2016, but the RHS still uses the older classification as the main name and lists the new name as a synonym, so perhaps the respective taxonomy factions are still duking it out in the car park.