Description
This famous Wisteria variety can be admired on the Japanese Bridge, in Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France. Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ is a beautiful white-flowered Japanese Wisteria with very long clusters, up to 24 in. long (60 cm), of pea-like, fragrant white flowers. They appear in late spring or early summer when the leaves open. They bloom in succession from the base and produce a dramatic floral display. The flowers are followed by attractive, velvety, green, bean-like pods, which ripen in fall and may persist into winter. Equally attractive is the dense foliage of light green, pinnate leaves which turn yellow in fall. Large and vigorous, ‘Alba’ is a deciduous climber that is perfect for training against a sunny house wall or covering a patio arbor or fence.