My Wisteria Macro
by Nick Boren
Title
My Wisteria Macro
Artist
Nick Boren
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Photograph - Digital Image
Description
The Wisteria are now in full bloom... :-)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wisteria vines climb by twining their stems either clockwise or counterclockwise round any available support. They can climb as high as 20 m above the ground and spread out 10 m laterally. The world's largest known Wisteria vine is in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighing 250 tons. Planted in 1894, it is of the Chinese lavender variety.[10][11]
The leaves are alternate, 15 to 35 cm long, pinnate, with 9 to 19 leaflets. The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes 10 to 80 cm long, similar to those of the genus Laburnum, but are purple, violet, pink or white. There is no yellow on the leaves. Flowering is in the spring (just before or as the leaves open) in some Asian species, and in mid to late summer in the American species and W. japonica. The flowers of some species are fragrant, most notably Chinese Wisteria. The seeds are produced in pods similar to those of Laburnum, and, like the seeds of that genus, are poisonous.
Wisteria is an extremely hardy plant that is considered an invasive species in many parts of the U.S., especially the Southeast, due to its ability to overtake and choke out other native plant species.
Wisteria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail.
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May 4th, 2015
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Comments (44)
Nick Boren
Thank you so much Sharon for featuring my Wisteria macro image in your Macro group. I really appreciate it. :-)
Nick Boren
Thank you so much Bob and Nancy for featuring my Wisteria macro image in your All Seasons Landscape group. I sure am grateful to you for that.
Nick Boren
Thank you Neal for featuring my Wisteria macro image in your Macro Photography group. I so appreciate it.
Connie Handscomb
Wisteria is such a very pretty bloom & you've captured its delicacy so fine; an absolute Gorgeous colour! I love the fragility you have displayed here .. like wisps of chiffon floating :)))
Laurie Search
Oooh....this is absolutely gorgeous, dear Nick....so soft, delicate, and beautiful....!!! :)))vf
Elizabeth Tillar
Nick, this image is just gorgeous; the soft focus is so appealing, and the simplicity of the image is perfect for presenting wisteria! l/f
Nick Boren
Thank you so much Bruce for featuring my Wisteria macro image in your All Natural Beauty group. I feel honored.
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