I don’t EVER recommend planting this plant.

[MrPortajohn]

I would add caveats. If you live in America don't plant Wisteria Floribunda or Wisteria Sinensis. Plant the native ones instead. Wisteria Frutescens and Wisteria Macrostachya are supposed to be in America. Also keep up on maintenance. Most perennial vines are aggressive (even the native ones) so if you're lazy don't plant any of them.

[Lukashaaa]

I love planting native Clematis flowers where I live. They don’t grow as quickly or as dense, but their flowers are gorgeous and attract tons of native pollinators and they’re resistant to the dry weather we tend to get during the summer

[sj]

Get a big pot and grow it up your wall. Cut it back when the new growth starts to get straggly and again hard in late autumn. Don’t be afraid of cutting it back as it’s really hardy. To encourage flowering add tomato feed a few times during the growing season and it should flower in abundance the following year. Don’t let it get out of hand or it’ll just take over your garden. It’s a beautiful tree and the smell is intoxicating ❤

[xfortunesquex]

Sadly, agreed. The only place where I saw it was ok was an apartment where I lived. They conveniently grew it over the trash compactor. The soil was surrounded by concrete on all sides, so it couldn't spread. The smell really helped with reducing the garbage odor.

[TexasHomesteaders]

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. There is more than one type of wisteria. American Wisteria (25ft) doesn't get anywhere as large as the Asian varieties (80ft). My Texas Wisteria has never gotten out of control and is not invasive.

[CCOREY]

I have two that are 25 years old and have grown over the front door porch and up the side of the garage and along just below the garage roof. It looks so stunning!
If you maintain a wisteria, have proper support, cut the tentacles back hard 2 to 3 times in summer and fall, late fall cut back almost to the original vines, you can do it and it won’t take over. People walking by our house always stop to oohhh and ahhh over our wisteria and even take pictures of it.

[carolinasouthOWLS]

Absolutely love this plant. I have it and Passiflora climbing my front stair rails and along balcony rails. First thing I see and smell went I go out in the morning. Having zero issues with spreading, actually not growing as quickly as I would like. Two moths eat down both vines every fall, I don’t even have to trip. My garden is filled with butterflies afterwards. Skipper and Fritillary Butterflies. I use no chemicals so my garden is a sanctuary.

[petpawteek]

Amen! I live in the South and that stuff absolutely suffocates our woodlands. It’s not worth it!

[thesimplesaguaro]

I live in the desert… I’d give anything to have an invasive green plant 😂✌️

[Channysgardeninginboston]

Hi Luke...I have a Blue Moon Wisteria. Mine is in a pot and I prune it regularly. It's gorgeous!

[Garden-Oasis]

You forgot to mention the crazy way it distributes it’s seeds. The seed pods build up pressure and then explode open in an effort to spray/shoot the seed away from the mother plant. It’s crazy.

[levimilford]

I feel the same way about morning glory for similar reasons. We grew it last year on an archway in the vegetable garden and now we have thousands of volunteer plants trying to come back. They are in the beds, pathways, everywhere. Some of them are quite some distance from original plant.

[brendacraine]

I would never plant Asian wisteria, but there’s a lovely Native American wisteria!

[christophergetchell]

I would say this with English Ivy too, although I have both. I don't mind spending the time manicuring and pruning them to nip any invasive tendencies in the bud! Also remember to cut the seed pods off, I didn't in 2002, and I still find babies from that year!

[garycornelisse]

Many years we had wisteria on the woods side of the yard.. The area on that side of the yard was very private although we lived in a heavily populated town. On warm summer evenings the young wife and I would take a blanket out under the wisteria vines and have a very pleasant time. It was wonderful.

[SH-nwek]

Please give us some options with a similar look that aren’t invasive! Bonus points for evergreens!!!

[Thetimecapsuletx]

I planted wisteria. I was so excited when it finally took off. Then it ate my shed, then ate my house. I had to trim around it to get into the shed, the front porch and the deck! It was scary.

[johnstevenns]

The Wisteria in this video is actually the American Wisteria (W. Frutescens). Notice how the flower recimes originate at the ends of new green growth after the vine has leafed out in late spring-early summer. The most common varieties are Amethyst Falls and Blue Moon.

Chinese Wisteria (W. Sinensis) the species most people refer to, flowers much earlier spring off flowering buds on old growth before the vine leafs out. This makes it much more susceptible to late frost damage. The flower recimes are also longer and are extremely fragrant.

If you're gonna plant a Wisteria just make sure you get the correct species and plant it accordingly. Unfortunately big box stores still most commonly sell the Chinese species and don't always label them properly so be careful where you buy from.

[NCRoots]

Live in NC where wisteria is abundant. The vines are like the alien spores that wrap around your neck. These vines will choke the life out of a huge tree if left alone. Hope people listen. Thank you.

[jessicakerger]

I have seen Wisteria be just as invasive as describe in my Zone 6a, but I have one in the yard climbing up the deck to form a “canopy”along with my patio lights which is supposedly a native to North America plant. It is quite well behaved at 5 years old - I even try to encourage it to grow faster!