Wisteria Vine

A flowering vine that can live for centuries and demolish stone structures/Plants

Wisteria is a genus of climbing vines in the legume family, famous for their spectacular cascading clusters of fragrant purple, blue, pink, or white flowers. The largest known wisteria vine, planted in 1894 in Sierra Madre, California, covers about 4,000 square meters and has been estimated to weigh over 115,000 kg. Wisteria vines are extraordinarily powerful: their twisting stems generate enough force to crush metal pipes, collapse pergolas, and crack stone walls. The vine of the Japanese wisteria (W. floribunda) can produce flower racemes over 1 meter long. Some specimens in Japan are over 1,200 years old.