The Queensland Gardening Pages

The world's most famous Wisterias are surely those that decorated the arch over the Japanese Bridge in Monet's garden at Giverny. There's some more information in the following links:

Giverny - Monet's House and Gardens Michigan State University Master Gardener Program

Waterlilies and Japanese bridge Part of the Monet and Japan exhibition at the national Gallery of Australia

The following are for general information, research and ideas - some species or cultivars referred to in links may be unavailable in Australia or unsuitable for Queensland conditions

Wisteria by Francesco Vignoli, Italy (English and Italian versions)

Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) Includes some history of origin as cultivated plant. University of Arkansas

Wisteria Pruning Filioli Estate, near San Francisco (PDF)

Beautiful and versatile wisteria Colorado State University

Wisteria a Mystery For Most Gardeners Purdue University

Wisteria doesn't bloom New Mexico State University

Waning wisteria Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture

Wisteria in containers Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture

Growing Wisteria Ohio State University

Wisteria floribunda 'Rosea' and notes on other wisteria. Mast Arboretum, Texas USA

Japanese Wisteria Virginia Cooperative Extension

Look Good, Smell Better, Act Bad (discusses control problems) Hilton Pond Center, South Carolina

Exotic Wisterias Alien Plant Working Group

Sierra Madre's Wistaria Vine Festival, honoring a local vine planted around 1894, now said to be the world's largest blossoming plant. Sierra Madre News Net, California

La Colleziona dei Glicini (Wisteria) Centro Sperimentale per il Vivaismo di Pistoia (in Italian)

Japanese wisteria Dendrology at Virginia Tech

Chinese wisteria Dendrology at Virginia Tech

Wisteria floribunda Oregon State University

Wisteria sinensis 'Jako' National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens