Just four more weeks of Mrs Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday classes, then school's out for summer!One of my garden favourites here at the Presbytère is this beautiful Wisteria.
I'm not sure how old it is, it was already in situ when we moved in almost 14 years ago.
Every year, sometimes twice a year, it produces these beautiful blossoms and perfumes the garden with it's delicate scent.
Quickly seguing into my favourite US TV show Desperate Housewives who all in live in Wisteria Lane.
Click here for a wikipedia rundown on the Lane, it's occupants and surprisingly how the Universal lot has been used in the past.
I was amazed to see how the same sets had been used in previous shows and who had lived there. I found it fascinating.
See you in class!
Another one of my "loves", english rose! Smells wonderful but takes over a house when planted next to it as evidenced at my daughter's house! LOL
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Connie
Oh my. We have wisteria here and I know that it HAS to be old to be a huge vine like this. So lovely and the scent is amazing. I imagine this is a VERY old plant you have. Heavenly!
ReplyDeleteI missed your post on the "car boot" sale. lol LOVE IT! oh how I need to be the one with the open trunk! SELLING!!!! lol
We jokingly say that I'm "going shopping for..." when I need something and look for it around here. We surely have it! Wish you were closer. :)
Wisteria is so pretty and such a scent. I haven't seen much around here lately!
ReplyDeleteMaggie, you must be up late. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your wisteria. I think the wisteria here was prettier than I've ever seen it. It must have liked the cold winter. We don't have one in our yard, but get to enjoy them around the neighborhood.
Enjoy the day. ~ Sarah
I think wisteria is so pretty. I saw a lot of it this spring.
ReplyDeleteAs hard as it is to believe, our wisteria is just coming in to bloom - talk about a late bloomer!
ReplyDeleteI just planted my first wisteria plant this year. Hope I'm around to see it grow! Interesting article on Wisteria Lane on Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Maggie. THat wisteria looks enormous but them of course it has been there growing for many years. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteMaggie,
ReplyDeleteLove the wisteria. I could never grow it. I would so admire it on the porch of an old Maine farmhouse.
Beautiful pictures. Have a great weekend.
Carol
Doesn't wisteria perfume the garden beautifully. Mine bloomed much earlier here - guess it was in April - but I was so thrilled as it was the first year.....I'd waited the expected 7 years from it's tiny start and it came through right on time! It's huge now and I have to read up on pruning otherwise it's going to take over!! I wonder if I'll get a second boom - that would be great!
ReplyDeleteLove how your plant looks, how huge is it Maggie? Is it climbing on the house?
Maggie, one of the most heavenly fragrances, I love it! Ours is long gone.
ReplyDeleteWisteria is gorgeous, a plant I've always admired but have not had room for. However, I'm thinking I might find a place in this new garden we are planning.
ReplyDeleteWisteria is one of my favorite flowers! I grew up in south Georgia and when the wisteria and crabapple trees bloomed the whole yard smelled sweet!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWisteria is GORGEOUS! I remember a trip to Savannah and the inn we stayed at had a back yard patio loaded with it. I felt like Scarlet O'Hara!
ReplyDeleteWisteria is so feathery looking. I wish we had some around here. i think the only place I've seen it is in the countryside in Maui. The trees were so lovely there. Sunshine Always!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics! I can't grow flowers up here, the deer just eat them! So I love looking at other people's beautiful blooms!
ReplyDeleteYour wisteria is so beautiful. Interesting link about Wisteria Lane. I guess that's Hollywood for you lol. Great W post.
ReplyDeleteDesperate Housewives! I am addicted...can't wait til the fall for the next season! What a wonderful bit of trivia you have given us here...
ReplyDeleteI am always looking at houses on TV shows and wondering whose house it was before! What a fun link.
ReplyDeleteYour Wisteria is wonderful! What lovely colors and textures!
ReplyDeleteI'm a desperate housewives fan too! Love that show!
ReplyDeleteHi, I skipped a few in the link list to come and find you! We had a wisteria at our old house that we grew from a tiny plant and it went mad and was so beautiful - I miss it
ReplyDeleteThat wisteria is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting reading about all the shows and movies that used Wisteria Lane.
Ooooh... I am giving a sigh of absolutely true love.
ReplyDeleteWisteria is one of my all-time favorite garden flowers. I am always transported to English gardens and old brick walls and grass drifted with lavender blossoms.
Such a lovely link this week.
Thank you for sharing this magical post with us.
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That wisteria is a delightful shade of purple! There is one on a house in a street nearby to us. Every year, I look forward to it flowering.
ReplyDeleteoh what a wonderful wisteria! and i do love their scent!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother always had wisteria growing and I love it. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to do it.....yet. It always dies around August. Loved the post.
ReplyDeleteYour wisteria is absolutely gorgeous!
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