I wanted to punch up my front garden bed... a small showy tree with fragrant flowers. Our neighborhood has plenty of lovely magnolia, cherry, and dogwood trees... I wanted something unique. Enter: Wisteria Longissima Alba Tree Form. 

A few weeks later, I found myself planting what looked like a dead stick. (Am I being punked? Hey... look at the neighbor watering her pet stick!)

But sure enough, signs of life emerged, and now I have a fuzzy green tree living in my front garden.

UPDATE: Crazy thing still doesn’t look like the catalog picture, but it is healthy and happy. Reminds me of a Chihuly sculpture. Sometimes it blows over in a harsh wind storm… not pulling the roots out, but just bending because the trunk is so flexible. I gave it a bigger stake and some tie-outs, and it seems to be staying put now. The rest of the garden is growing in nicely, too! (12-SEPT-2019)

UPDATE: First buds have appeared! I’m excited to see it bloom. (21-MAY-2020)