This was my first Philly show -- almost a religious experience! -- but I found it was hard to get a good sense of scents from plants that had been sitting inside in air conditioning for a while.

I don't know if there's a strong difference between white and blue, or that white clone was strongly scented, or if just that particular plant was happy and fragrant at the time.

BTW, you know asian wisterias can take years to flower? If you want instant gratification, get an older plant or get an american species like w. frutescens -- Nurseries Caroliniana has a sinensis cultivar that it claims flowers the first year.

Hope this helps!

Jim

To my nose there is a very strong difference between the two colors. White is more fragrant and in a more perfumy way. The purple is wonderfully fragrant, but not as much as the white!

I had not thought to compare the two. Both are heady fragrances right now!

The support for the white rotted away and I've let the purple mix in with it.
I pruned away a truck load of excessive growth already and it has hardly leafed out.

Nell

Beautiful!