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mysteryowl

(7,363 posts) Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:25 AM Apr 2021

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200 year old Wisteria in Japan

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Beautiful!

FYI - Wisteria is a vine trained into a tree form!
The poles are holding up "branches". This is a work of art!

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200 year old Wisteria in Japan (Original Post) mysteryowl Apr 2021 OP

Takes my breath away. So very magnificent. Butterflylady Apr 2021 #1

That looks otherworldly. Sheer beauty. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #2

Gorgeous! SheltieLover Apr 2021 #3

Incredible! My favorite tree is the Jacaranda, which lays down a purple carpet like that... Hekate Apr 2021 #4

I used to live a couple doors down from this wisteria... GReedDiamond Apr 2021 #5

Butterflylady

(3,537 posts)

1. Takes my breath away. So very magnificent.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:27 AM

Apr 2021

Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)

2. That looks otherworldly. Sheer beauty.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:29 AM

Apr 2021

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

3. Gorgeous!

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:37 PM

Apr 2021

Ty for sharing!

Hekate

(90,562 posts)

4. Incredible! My favorite tree is the Jacaranda, which lays down a purple carpet like that...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 01:18 PM

Apr 2021

But leave it to the Japanese to train a wisteria vine into a tree for 200 years.

GReedDiamond

(5,310 posts)

5. I used to live a couple doors down from this wisteria...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 02:19 PM

Apr 2021

...in Sierra Madre, CA.

This Wistaria Vine in Sierra Madre is the Largest Blossoming Plant in the World

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