Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' Vilmorin for the hummingbirds that come

for the hummingbirds that come to the flowers

The roasted leaves and twigs made the caffeinated 'black drink' that Indigenous peoples of the Southeast brewed for ceremony and trade

Jackson vine comes up nearly thornless apart from a few young shoots near the ground

'Alison' offers the full oakleaf sequence

In spring the plant becomes a cloud of small

Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' Vilmorin for the hummingbirds that comeThere are few sights more stirring than a wisteria in bloom, and 'Amethyst Falls' offers all the romance without the unruly habits of the Asian cousins. This refined selection of the native American wisteria, Wisteria frutescens, pours out cascades of fragrant, lavender violet blossoms in late spring, with smaller flushes through summer, a soft echo of springtime returning again and again. Compact in growth yet generous in flower, 'Amethyst Falls'