Wisteria-watch 2

It is 25 March, so here's an update on the Wisteria.  The good news is that it looks like a varied picture insofar as timing is concerned, so more people will get a chance to enjoy the abundant blossom and magnificent scent.

We have the first frond about a week away on the front of the house (always the first to come out because of the South-West facing warm wall), but some of the buds in the freestanding wisteriae which are in colder parts of the garden have still barely formed buds (ETA for those, first week in May).  Here's the state of play, pictorially:

The vanguard: on the front of the manor:

 But not the whole thing, because it always starts at the tip and works back:

The casita wisteria, again with its back to a warm-ish wall, is coming along nicely.

But the freestanding wisteria around the lily pond is weeks away from being ready.

  Nevertheless, for anyone thinking that the second week in May will see the wisteria appearing, as has traditionally been the case, I suspect it will be too late by then.  Come in April, and get the best of both worlds: the blossoms in the first few weeks and the wisteria at the back end of the month.