Wisteria is grown as a decorative, highly fragrant vine in Mississippi, but also grows abundantly in the wild, many a time outlasting the home where it was planted.
After an unusually cold spell in late December in Mississippi when many plants were lost, including ‘every rosemary in the state’, to quote my sweetheart, the season has turned around so rapidly that many plants, including this one, are flowering well ahead of time.
I took pictures of the same wisteria in full bloom (but before the leaves had started to open) on the 5th April 2022. The picture I’m sharing today was taken on the 11th March 2023.
Plants can be forgiven for being unsure where they are, not having our recourse to the calendar, but I’m left wondering how many buds and young shoots will be cut back by the cold spell forecasted for this weekend. Traditionally known as ‘Blackberry Winter’, cold weather often follows shortly after the blackberries flower.
Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Please forgive me if I take (even) longer than usual to reply to comments. I’m posting this from a coffee shop as our internet is still down.
Susan Rushton 
That’s a wonderful display of flowers! We have a similarly-coloured wisteria in our garden but it will be some time yet before it even thinks of flowering. (Wish it flowered as abundantly as this!)
It’s a lovely plant, growing over a decorative iron railing.
Beautiful pictures! ❤️
Thank you!
Beautiful – wisteria is one of my favourites 💜 But it will be quite a long while before we see it here in London!
There are lots of plants in full bloom, including Knockout roses. I missed almost all the daffodils.
I did not know its name until today. In shape, the wisteria resembles somewhat the sweet peas that bloom in our gardens and also in the wilds.
It is in the legume family.