Product description
This beautiful sensory vine features stunning, soft pink and white floral racemes that carry a heavy, musky, and sweet fragrance. It is part of the "Silky" family, meaning its fresh spring leaves emerge with a gorgeous, downy texture right alongside the flowers. It creates an incredibly soft, romantic aesthetic in the spring garden.
To care for 'Showa-beni', plant it in a sunny, sheltered spot to protect the early, delicate buds from biting winds. Ensure the soil is deeply amended with compost to create a nutrient-rich loam that drains easily. Tie the flexible stems securely to your support wires. Maintain its structural framework by ruthlessly cutting back the aggressive summer shoots, keeping the plant focused on blooming rather than just climbing.
Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.
Silky Wisteria
Wisteria brachybotrys 'Showa-beni'
Wisteria brachybotrys 'Showa-beni'
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Product description
This beautiful sensory vine features stunning, soft pink and white floral racemes that carry a heavy, musky, and sweet fragrance. It is part of the "Silky" family, meaning its fresh spring leaves emerge with a gorgeous, downy texture right alongside the flowers. It creates an incredibly soft, romantic aesthetic in the spring garden.
To care for 'Showa-beni', plant it in a sunny, sheltered spot to protect the early, delicate buds from biting winds. Ensure the soil is deeply amended with compost to create a nutrient-rich loam that drains easily. Tie the flexible stems securely to your support wires. Maintain its structural framework by ruthlessly cutting back the aggressive summer shoots, keeping the plant focused on blooming rather than just climbing.
Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.
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Garden Plant Size Guide
Plants in larger pots can be multiple years older than their smaller counterparts with more mature root systems and foliage. This makes them able to thrive as a full size plant in your garden quicker than smaller alternatives.
The most common size of pot that garden plants come in are 9cm/1L/3L/5L this is in reference to the diameter at the top of the pot.
9cm potted plants still remain the most popular cost effective option though, they just may take a little patience to allow them to grow into full maturity once planted in your garden.
Plant specs, care guide & tips
Key features
When to plant
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Planting and period of interest times are general guidelines and may vary based on your location and conditions. For best results, consult local gardening resources.
Instructions
Top Tip
Wisteria Showa-beni has uniquely soft, downy foliage that emerges alongside the pink blooms. Give it a location where people can walk right past it and appreciate the texture up close.
How to Water
To water Wisteria Showa-beni, soak deeply once a week in year one to build strong roots. Once mature, let the topsoil dry out, but keep it moist while its soft pink racemes develop. Always water the base.
How to Plant
To plant Wisteria Showa-beni, dig a hole twice as wide as the rootball but exactly the same depth. Enrich the excavated soil with a generous scoop of compost to ensure a nutrient-rich loam. Place the vine in the hole, making absolutely sure the knobbly graft union sits safely above the soil line. Backfill firmly, gently tie the downy stems to your structure, and water deeply to settle the roots.
