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Tussiemussies
4-30-12, 7:48am
http://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+wisteria&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=3XqeT6vcK8GK6QH6suCcDw&ved=0CFAQsAQ&biw=768&bih=900
Gorgeous pictures! Just what I needed on this dreary rainy day. Thanks for posting this.
sweetana3
4-30-12, 11:05am
The most beautiful wisteria I ever say (I think that is what it was) is on the front of the NY Culinary Insitute in Hyde Park NY. The whole campus was lovely inside and out.
Gorgeous! I have one in a pot that I'm training to be a standard rather than a vine. It will be stunning in 20 years!
iris lily
4-30-12, 12:52pm
Last Saturday someone gave me a long strand of wisteria before they moved the plant. While most of the wisteria around here ended bloom 3 weeks ago, this particular plant was in full on bloom. It's lovely stuff. I've not successfully used it in a flower arrangement, I suspect I need to condtion it carefully.
Beautiful! Long ago, DH and I took a trip up the coast of California. We ate at a country restaurant that had an outdoor eating area and a trellis overhead, where wisteria were hanging down! It was perfect!
iris lily
4-30-12, 12:55pm
In the alley by one of our spare houses is a viney thing from the legume family that I think of as "the poor man's wisteria." It is pretty and is plum colored, not lavender. I'll have to find out what it is or post a photo.
Fabulous! I used one for my desktop. Thanks
Fabulous! I used one for my desktop. Thanks
Ditto! Fantastic idea.
Speaking of Japanese wisteria, have any of you guys in the Portland area ever gone to the Japanese Garden there? http://japanesegarden.com/
I went there while on a business trip in March and I am in love with that place. I FB friended it and now I keep getting all of these beautiful posts with pictures of what it looks like in the spring.
I am praying a client sends me back to Portland so I can return to that garden. It is amazing...
Speaking of wisteria, they have a beautiful rough-hewn pergola with wisteria vines on the "roof" of it. I would love to duplicate that in my own back yard, but I'm sure that as simple as it looks, it's probably not that easy to maintain.
We planted a wisteria vine alongside a tree in the back yard about 15 years ago. I believe we're a little too far north for it to thrive, although it is finally beginning to bloom in the early spring.
We were out of town for a week in early April and were surprised with this when we returned. It's not much, compared to the other pics, but it's been a long time coming for us, so we were thrilled.
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Speaking of Japanese wisteria, have any of you guys in the Portland area ever gone to the Japanese Garden there? http://japanesegarden.com/
I went there while on a business trip in March and I am in love with that place. I FB friended it and now I keep getting all of these beautiful posts with pictures of what it looks like in the spring.
I am praying a client sends me back to Portland so I can return to that garden. It is amazing...
Speaking of wisteria, they have a beautiful rough-hewn pergola with wisteria vines on the "roof" of it. I would love to duplicate that in my own back yard, but I'm sure that as simple as it looks, it's probably not that easy to maintain.
The thing about wisteria is, it really needs a strong support. I mean, very strong! It will bring down even fairly sturdy supports. Someday, when we rebuild our arbors, I'd like to plant wisteria too, but for now it's just Virginia creeper.
Catherine, yes, love the Japanese Garden here in PDX...
I've been noticing the different homes in my neighborhood with old established wisteria blooming on their porches. One of the perks of living in an old neighborhood.
jennipurrr
5-1-12, 10:35am
I love Wisteria. It grows wild here and is so beautiful in the spring time.
Tussiemussies
5-1-12, 11:01am
I love it too and wish it would last longer...
I would love to have an arrangement of Japanese Wisteria.
Catherine. The Portland Japanese Garden, looks wonderful.
Below is a longtime favourite of mine. A forest of red.
Imperial Palace Garden in Japan (http://phototravels.net/japan/drum0001/red-maple-leaves-imperial-palace-6.3.jpg).
P.S. Lovely pictures, Alan.
I would love to have an arrangement of Japanese Wisteria.
Catherine. The Portland Japanese Garden, looks wonderful.
Below is a longtime favourite of mine. A forest of red.
Imperial Palace Garden in Japan (http://phototravels.net/japan/drum0001/red-maple-leaves-imperial-palace-6.3.jpg).
P.S. Lovely pictures, Alan.
I've been to that garden. It is truly lovely. We went when the cherries were blooming.
Wisteria is one of those flowers that brings to me a flood of memories.
As a young new Missionary in South Australia my first assignment was in the small towns around the "Adelaide Hills". It was their Spring and the Wisteria was everywhere. It was really a beautiful place to live.
Massive gum trees, red bottle brush bushes, and Wisteria - and flocks of Galahs. Life was good!
Originally posted by Peggy.
I've been to that garden. It is truly lovely. We went when the cherries were blooming. How lucky you are. Is the Red Maple, treed area, expansive? As in lots and lots of Red Maples?
How lucky you are. Is the Red Maple, treed area, expansive? As in lots and lots of Red Maples?
The whole grounds are expansive. My son and I went with about a dozen other Americans and about 15 or so Japanese. The whole place is surrounded by a moat, and inside massive wooden gates (huge iron and brass hinges) is a kind of guard shack where we all gathered before the tour. We had a translator, but didn't really need him for most of it as we just walked down wide, empty streets that run throughout this compound. The whole thing is a garden, really, and the Imperial family home is there. This is also where they meet diplomats and host dinners and such. We didn't tour the home, of course (although I did tour the summer home in Kyoto when the family wasn't there)
Funny thing was, at the guard shack they said line up. We kind of did, not really knowing what for, and started walking down the road. Of course, while the Japanese stayed in 3 straight, orderly lines, we Americans kind of meandered, not exactly straight. You could tell the guide was getting a little pissed at us but we're like, 'We're adults, we don't walk in lines.' And certainly not down an empty double lane road through a park. It wasn't like we were running off or picking flowers or anything, we just didn't conform to the ridiculous walk in a straight line rule. It was a park for heavens sakes!
Anyway, it was a lovely park. I especially remember the large lake with lilies and Japanese maples hanging over. The cherries were blooming so of course these were front and center in my memory. Their reflection in the lake was spectacular.
One thing I found very interesting was one part where the road curved around a tall rock cliff and on top of the cliff was a kind of turret. The guide said this was so the defenders could pour stuff, I guess like boiling oil or what not, on invaders. Very, very cool!
We didn't see any royalty, but we did see a couple of long black limos drive by (and we moved of the road without even being told to. Imagine!)
I kid about the Japanese a bit, but I really loved living there. I would like to go back except for that plane ride...it's a killer! They give allowances for gaijin (us) and actually expect us to not know what to do or how to act. But, the Japanese like Americans, for the most part, and we were given every courtesy you could imagine. And they love the English language, even though they don't have a clue as to how it works!
That sounds lovely. I imagine the flowering cherries provided a stark contrast to the deep red, being as white and flowery as flowering cherries are. Makes one dream of having a large yard with room to plant an array of colourful trees. I'd be in heaven. Thank you so much, Peggy, for sharing your story with me.
You're welcome Mrs. M. I will always be grateful to have been given the opportunity to live there for several years. It is such a beautiful country.
I pray/keep my fingers-crossed in hopes of getting to enjoy a special holiday (or two) in my lifetime.
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