Kim’s Color Crazy Challenge is dedicated to my favorite color of purple this week. I had just snapped photos of the wisteria in the photo last week as it was in full bloom and the perfect subject to showcase for this challenge.
The wisteria vines are all over my yard and along the property lines. The photo shows trees with wisteria along the front property line out toward the field. We are in the process of trying to clean this area out and get rid of the offensive plants like privet, weeds and dead limbs. It is a huge job as my hubby wants to whack it all except the big trees. So far I am winning this battle and saving the wisteria.
I wanted to point out the size of the vines. Some of them are three inches in diameter. There is no telling how old some of these vines are. I do know that the land here was deeded to a family who was big into agriculture. The owner raised cattle and the lady of the house was known to teach other ladies in the area how to can vegetables, make jelly, etc. The house was built in 1860 and is still standing. I love finding new species of wild flora here and looking up it’s uses in natural health. I imagine that all of these plants were used for that purpose.
Unfortunately the wisteria blooms did not last long at all. A rain system moved through and knocked the blooms down. The yard did look nice with flakes of purple scattered all over.
Wishing everyone a good day, stay home and stay safe!
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I have never seen one so big.
The oak tree in my front yard is over 100 years old. This vine may be right along with it!
I was wondering about that. How old is that? Just amazing Karen, really. What a delight.
The house was built in 1860. I know the oak in front is over 100 years old but that is about it. I would guess that wisteria vine is right around the 100 yr mark. Lots of native plants around here!