Wisteria is producing exceptionally stunning displays in Britain’s parks and gardens this year thanks to a long cold winter and the unusually warm April weather.
Its beautiful lavender and violet blooms which usually signal the start of summer have surprised gardeners by opening TWO WEEKS earlier after the UK’s mini heatwave.
Swathes of wisteria, which usually flowers for about a month each May, are now creating wonderful walls of purple on cottages and properties across the country.
At Cambridge University’s historic Christ’s College visitors have been stopping to admire the plant which now stretches across the whole of the Master’s Lodge.
“The wisteria has arrived a couple of weeks earlier this year and is one of the best displays I have ever seen,” said Lottie Collis, deputy head gardener at Christ’s College.
“We had a particularly long cold winter and that always makes things flower well in the Spring.
“The hot spell we are now enjoying has meant all the flowers have come out earlier this year.
“The wisteria plant at Christ’s is very impressive and the visitor’s have been enjoying and admiring it over the last couple of days.”
Wisteria floribunda can climb as high as 20 metres above the ground and spread out 10 metres wide. The plant is unusual as the flowers come out before the leaves so it is particularly attractive. But Britain’s stunning wisteria spectacle is not expected to last long this year if the warm weather continues.
“If this run of hot weather carries on the flowers may sadly only last a couple of weeks,” added Lottie.
“We had lots of beautiful blossom in March but that disappeared quickly as it was just so hot.
“The same could happen to the wisteria unless we start to see a drop in the temperature.”
