Wisteria floribunda 'Russelliana' is commonly known as Japanese Wisteria has long racemes of dark purple flowers with a creamy white blotches in late season, the young leaves are bronze green.
Wisteria prefer a sunny location but can be grown in slight shade. Wisterias are usually thought of as climbers, but you can successfully grow wisterias in containers and train as a free-standing standard when using a support frame.
A vigorous deciduous twining plant producing flowers in pendent racemes to 45cm long and pinnate leaves, each composed of 11-19 leaflets.