Tell Me A Story: WISTERIA

Thursday, June 2, 2016

WISTERIA

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/06/wisteria.html

Wisteria is a showstopper.


Click on image to enlarge. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Wisteria blooms in the spring
with fragrant grape-like clusters.

Some varieties have huge flower clusters up to two feet long!

Want to add privacy to sturdy pergolas?

Wisteria is a great choice.

Be certain the structure is able to support the growth of the strong Wisteria vines.

Note: Some types of wisteria are considered invasive pests - so check for any city or local restrictions before planting it.

All parts of Wisteria - especially the seeds are poisonous.

Perhaps that's why the fictional street on the U.S. television drama series Desperate Housewives was named Wisteria Lane: beautiful and fragrant on the outside yet poisonous.

The set for Wisteria Lane is located inside Universal Studios Hollywood, and is actually named Colonial Street. It's an area that has been used for many motion pictures and television shows...including the original Leave It to Beaver series, Gremlins, The Burbs, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Map of Wisteria Lane
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_Lane

Wisteria Vine

Plant in SUN
Zones: 4 - 9
Climbs to 30 Feet
Width: 30 Feet
Blooms in Spring
Some Types May
Re-bloom in Summer
Fragrant Flowers
Deer Resistant
Easy to Grow

"The slightest breeze stirred the heady perfume of

lavender wisteria blooms

as they fell gently from their perch on the overhead pergola.

I exchanged my favorite perfume, Shalimar ™,
and my Mary-Kay ™ make-up

for Oak-N-Ivy CalaGel ™, Tecnu™,
and Calamine Lotion.

I gained ten pounds for every dose of steroids I swallowed

to get rid of the poison, oak, ivy and sumac.

Let's see . . . four doses that year,

and by the time the wisteria covered the entire pergola . . .

I was too heavy to sit in the porch swing."

Quote from:
Marcia Norwood in

"MOTHER OF THE GROOM"

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to read the short story:

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2013/08/mother-of-groom.html

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

My flowers want to meet you!

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public SPeaking