Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — COVERING WALLS WITH WISTARIA [ARTICLE]

COVERING WALLS WITH WISTARIA

Common Purple Variety la Beet Adapted to Hide Great Vacant Spaces— Needs Prnninf-

(By WALTER B. LEUTZ.) ' We seldom see great wall spaces covered with wistaria, yet it is to our eye the most beautiful flower for that purpose that grows. The Japanese wistaria is not so well adapted to this purpose as the common royal purple flower of Amerca - To get the best results the vine must be constantly pruned and kept back for two dr three years, else it will run in long streamers and the flowers will hang straight down. The vines must be trained to run in all directions.

We can never forget the wall of & large old house in Richmond, Va., that is covered witlh this beautiful flower. The wall is abdut seventy feet high apd is one soft mass of ravishing beauty. In this climate the vine needs no attention after it has once been well started, and blooms early and late.