Aunt Dee Kentucky Wisteria

Our Aunt Dee Wisteria will bring a romantic feel to your landscape each spring with its long clusters of lightly fragrant lavender flowers dripping from every branch. If you’ve always loved Wisteria for its dreamy blossoms but were afraid this fast-growing vine would take over your house, we have some good news: this native selection is less rampant than the usual form, and we’ve trained it into a tree so that it can stand on its own. As a bonus, this lovely vine-turned-tree may delight you with a repeat performance of blooms later in the season, too! We not only offer Aunt Dee in tree form, but as a part of our Tree Art line we also offer a “Trunk Twist” version with a fun coiled trunk.

Hold your horses! Before you accuse this plant of being the same vine that swallowed up the South (along with Kudzu), take a closer look. This is not one of those rambunctious Asian Wisterias, but a tamer native sort known as “Kentucky Wisteria.” We have trained it to grow in a tree form. This selection was first grown around 50 years ago by Minnesota garden center owner Brad Pederson. That keyword “Minnesota” tells you how cold-hardy it is. And yes, there was a real “Aunt Dee”—Brad’s great-aunt got the honors.

This iconic blooming vine has been trained into a tree form so now you can plant it wherever you want - no trellis necessary! This majestic tree form is covered in bright green foliage and beautiful clusters of light purple flowers that appear in late spring/early summer. Definitely a specimen that you want to show off in your garden.

At Bower & Branch, it’s our job to know and grow trees… especially big trees.

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We do the hard part. Our trees and plants are grown and cared for by only the best, local growers for years before they find their forever home in your landscape. Bower & Branch is known for having hard-to-find, substantial sizes and selection. The quality of our trees and plants are consistent in health and vigor—always ready for immediate impact in your garden and instant curb appeal. We never rush our trees to reach a ‘grade size.’ Our trees are grown for quality height, vigor, health and age.

We believe in empowering homeowners with the truth about strong, healthy and structurally sound plants that are grown to perform in the ground after they leave the nursery for home delivery, always fresh inventory from the grower.