TSUSHIMA, Aichi -- The "Owari Tsushima Wisteria Festival" is being held in a park here, where Japanese wisteria flowers are at their best. The 5,000-square-meter wisteria trellis in Tennogawa Park in ...

Few countries have seasonal swings quite so dramatic as Japan’s, where midwinter can be mercilessly cold and midsummer brutally hot. Getting from one extreme to the other, means, of course, that Japan ...

So pretty. Where is it? In Japan, two hours outside of Tokyo. It covers around 23 acres of land — that’s a LOT of flowers. What are all the flowers? Wisteria, or fuji as they’re known in Japanese, ...

WHEN THE buckeyes and maples announce the change of season and begin to shed their multi-colored leaves, my garden thoughts revolve around pruning my trees, shrubs and perennials.? At the top of my ...

One of the best parts of spring takes place when you spot that first flower peeking out of the ground. After a long, dreary winter, it's the first sign that warm weather is on its way. This tunnel in ...

The trees stand on a 3,000-square-meter wisteria trellis at Susanoo Shrine, where many other plants are also in bloom. Last year, the annual “Yame Kurogi Wisteria Festival” to celebrate the burst of ...

Nothing rivals the beauty of a wisteria arbor in full bloom, but, unfortunately, successfully growing these lovely vines eludes many Midwestern gardeners. Two types of wisteria are most commonly ...

Q : I wrote you last fall asking about a small tree we could grow in a container in Northwest Arkansas. We ended up buying a 1-foot Mikawa Yatsubusa Japanese maple. The nursery said this is a ...

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What’s a native vine that can cover a trellis or fence with June flowers the purply-blue color of a country sky just before dawn? Wisteria, that’s what. Specifically, it’s American wisteria (Wisteria ...