I bet you wouldn’t have seen a wisteria tree as old as this one. At Amboise chateau, I saw this old wisteria adding immense beauty to the old walls. A board there mentions it was planted in 1840s. Today, more than one and half centuries old, the trunk has hardened and thickened. The flowering plant belonging to the pea family, which usually has a tender stem in its initial years, looked strange in its ‘twisted and bent with age’ form.
When we were there, the wall on which it crept and climbed was completely covered with its blooms. The drooping sprays, racemes, measured almost 30 to 40cms. A bench there provided ample photo sessions for tourists. Sharing a couple of shots here.
When we were there, the wall on which it crept and climbed was completely covered with its blooms. The drooping sprays, racemes, measured almost 30 to 40cms. A bench there provided ample photo sessions for tourists. Sharing a couple of shots here.
24 comments:
how awesome! to know it is that old and still blooming so beautifully...
Awesome indeed!! And what terrific captures, Indrani!! We should all bloom so beautifully at that age!! Wonderful!
wow, this is amazing! an old wisteria still blooming and from a stone wall, too. gorgeous!
love those weeping flowers. they are special
Looks good, bright and attractive...
lovely pictures
This is very beautiful! No matter age.
This is so beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.
(I like your blog name, and I like your blog!)
Thank you for sharing these lovely photos Indrani. Wisteria has a lovely scent and one I look forward to the next time they bloom.
The trunk on that vine is incredible!! How did you tear yourself away! I would still be there, photographing it!!!
That plant is extremely awesome, i can't imagine that wisteria lives that long. My first time to see it was in Svalov, Sweden and it is old too although not comparable to that, but it is creeping on the wall of a big building with lots of flowers too. We actually had our group photo in front of it. If only it is not invasive here in the tropics, i will definitely have it for life!
Imagine the stories the tree could tell :)
Oh my! It is gorgeous!
Hugs
SueAnn
Wonderful! I love these flowers.
A beauty to be sure. They do tend to take over!
The wisteria is gorgeous.
I have seen wisteria flowers and they are sooo pretty.
Awesome! Splendid!
Thank you Indrani:)
Wow! Such an historic plant!
Lovely!
Beauty,, the name, the color, the flower.
Awe...beautiful! Lavender is my fave color:))
Ah, a grand old tree and some very young and pretty flowers.
That's a nice name for those lovely flowers. Now I know where the famous Wisteria Lane got its name from. :)
Love these flowers too. They're so gorgeous!
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