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Sierra Madre Wisteria or The Wistaria Vine is a flowering Wisteria vine shown at the annual Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre, California. The Wistaria Vine in 1990 was declared by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the largest blossoming plant in the world.
The Sierra Madre Wisteria. Sierra Madre is known for its annual Wistaria Festival (an alternative spelling of Wisteria), which celebrates its 1 acre (4,000 m 2) Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) vine, which was planted in the 1890s.
They can climb as high as 20 m (66 ft) above the ground and spread out 10 m (33 ft) laterally. The world's largest known wisteria is the Sierra Madre Wisteria in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighing 250 tons. Planted in 1894, it is of the 'Chinese lavender' variety.
Sierra Madre Memorial Park is a historic landmark park in Sierra Madre, California. The public park is dedicated to Sierra Madre residents who have served in the U.S. Armed forces . The park has monuments , a band shell , tennis court , playground , covered picnic area and a historic house , called the park house, that is a historic landmark.
Sierra Madre, — a town in the San Gabriel Valley and foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in eastern Los Angeles County, California. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Wisteria sinensis and its variety albiflora (at the left) by A.J. Wendel, 1868. Wisteria sinensis, commonly known as the Chinese wisteria, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, native to China, in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Yunnan. Growing 20–30 m (66–98 ft) tall, it is a deciduous vine ...
Yucca brevifolia in Joshua Tree National Park Eschscholzia californica in the Antelope Valley Fouquieria splendens in Tucson in winter Young Larrea tridentata. The Madrean region (named after the Sierra Madre Occidental) is a floristic region within the Holarctic kingdom in North America, as delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F. Thorne.
The Sierra Madre is almost entirely within the Los Padres National Forest, and marks the northern boundary of the San Rafael Wilderness area. The southeastern extent of the range is about 25 mi (40 km) north of the city of Santa Barbara , and the northwestern extent of the range is about 50 mi (80 km) north by northwest of the city.