Blue Moon Wisteria vs Early Blue Violet - TreeTime.ca

Blue Moon Wisteria vs Early Blue Violet

Wisteria macrostachya Blue Moon

Viola adunca

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Blue Moon Wisteria
Early Blue Violet

Blue Moon Wisteria is a striking, flowering vine, and the hardiest of the wisterias. Up to three times in one growing season you can expect showy, fragrant, lavender-blue flowers.

Make sure you plan your site as this vine requires a structure to support its mature weight. Try planting close to a post, trellis, or fence.

Early Blue Violet is a low-growing native perennial wildflower valued for its striking early-spring blooms. The flowers range in color from vibrant blue to deep violet, often marked with pale highlights and fine white hairs. They provide an important early nectar source for pollinators and serve as a host plant for several fritillary butterfly species.

It spreads by both seed and rhizomes, gradually forming small colonies. Its dark green, heart-shaped leaves add ornamental appeal, and the plant shows some resistance to deer browsing. Early Blue Violet is well-suited to naturalization projects and pollinator-friendly gardens, and has also been used in coastal butterfly habitat restoration in the Pacific Northwest.

Blue Moon Wisteria Quick Facts

Early Blue Violet Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (18 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.2 m (0.5 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Growth form: low growing, clump-forming
Spreading: seeds - medium, rhizomes - medium
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium

Toxicity: can be toxic to cats, dogs, and horses when consumed

Toxicity: rhizomes, fruit, seed poisonous to humans
Flowers: blue/purple strings of flowers
Flowers: purple to blue-violet
Bloom time: mid spring to early summer
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, YT, NT
Other Names: dog violet, hookedspur violet, sand violet, western blue violet