The Original Vine Planting
Sierra Madre Wisteria Festival
Sunday March 13, we joined with the Travel Club members of our community and traveled to Sierra Madre to visit the two homes covered by a 116 year old Wisteria Vine. The vine was originally purchased by Alice Brugmans and her neighbor Mrs. W. B. Crisp when they drove by horse and buggy to Monrovia to purchase the gallon can plant for seventy-five cents. Today this beautiful vine covers a trellis and the rear of two homes. We arrived a little early in the season this year to see the vine in full bloom but it did show its splendor. Amazing that the vine grows one inch per hour. It is estimated to produce 1.5 million blossoms and weigh 250 tons and has branches that extend 500 ft. Information can be found at www.wisteriafestival.com
The small town in the Pasedena area celebrates annually with a Wisteria Fesstival. Vendors set up stands retailing jewelry, wood items, pictures, art work, and garden items.
We treated ourselves to a wonderful High Tea at the Four Seasons Tea House in Sierra Madre. I must admit it was the best Tea I have attended in many years.
2 comments:
Very interesting! Love wisteria.......
The sight was beautiful. Hard to imagine a vine so large that it covers two homes and the yard araea.
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