American Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
Silver-spotted Skipper caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 30 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 27.5 ft to 40 ft tall, 6 ft wide
- Flowers
- Blue, yellow, purple, red and white
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Woody roots; wants 12 in of soil
- Kind
- Vine
On a trellis
in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Butterflies
- Host plant for the Silver-spotted Skipper
- Caterpillars
- 19 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 13 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Long-horned bee (Eucera atriventris)
Grows well with
Eastern Redbud
Sweetbay Magnolia
American Witch-hazel
Sourwood
Common Waxmyrtle
Allegheny Serviceberry
Common Pawpaw
FringetreeFacts from the Quercus record for Wisteria frutescens.