Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes four species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north of Iran.

Wisteria floribunda, commonly known as Japanese Wisteria, is a woody, deciduous twining climber native to Japan. It has the longest raceme of all the wisterias. These racemes burst into great trails of clustered white, pink, violet, or blue flowers during early to mid-spring. The flowers carry a distinctive fragrance similar to that of grapes. A large, long-lived climber so choosing the right site is important. They can be grown informally through large tree or more formally against a house wall or trained as a free-standing half standard in a container. Will grow in most soils that are moist but well-drained and responds well to pruning making it an ideal subject for bonsai, along with Wisteria sinensis.