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White Silky Wisteria
Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro Kapitan’
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Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
White Silky Wisteria - Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro Kapitan’
Silky wisteria behaves differently to the Japanese and Chinese species most Australians know. Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro Kapitan’ carries short, plump racemes of pure white pea flowers that open almost all at once, so instead of a gradual drip of colour down a long tassel you get a single dense flush over a pergola. The scent is the strongest in the genus, and the leaves carry fine silvery hairs that give the plant its common name.
Why White Silky Wisteria
Simultaneous Bloom: Every flower on a raceme opens together, producing a solid sheet of white rather than a staggered display.
Fragrance: Notably more perfumed than Japanese wisteria, and strong enough to carry across a courtyard on a still spring evening.
Compact Racemes: Flower clusters of roughly 10 to 15cm sit tight to the frame, so they suit lower pergolas where long tassels would be in the way.
Silky Foliage: Young leaves are covered in fine hairs that catch the light and hold a soft grey green tone through summer.
Structural Vigour: Stems thicken into woody trunks over time and will carry themselves across a substantial span once trained.
Toxicity warning: The seeds and pods are toxic if eaten, so site it away from play areas.
Ideal Applications
Pergola Cover: The classic use, where the short racemes hang just clear of head height.
Wire Trained Wall: Fanned on stainless wire against masonry it becomes a living facade with almost no depth.
Verandah Post and Beam: Trained up a post and run along the beam it frames an outdoor room without blocking the view.
Trained Standard: With a stout stake and annual pruning it can be held as a small weeping tree in a lawn or courtyard.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m along a pergola beam or wire run
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m where plants are repeated as features
Best Planting Season: Winter and early spring while the plant is dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep, free draining loam, neutral to slightly acidic. It is not fussy about fertility, and rich nitrogen heavy soil produces leaf at the expense of flower
Establishment Care: Water deeply through the first two summers and mulch well, but skip nitrogen fertiliser entirely because wisteria fixes its own. Build the permanent framework in the first three years, then prune twice yearly, shortening whippy growth to five or six buds in midsummer and back to two or three buds in winter, and make sure the support is genuinely structural since mature stems will crush a light timber frame or lift a gutter.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 10m with support
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun, with at least six hours of direct light for reliable flowering
Native to: Japan
Flower Colour: White
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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How It Works
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We Supply
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We Deliver
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We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







