Wisteria question

Just wondering if you guys can educate me and my mum. We have both been wondering why lots of wisterias have just flowers right now and no leaves

But hers looks like this







Any ideas? Is it just different types like chinese and japanese?

 

I'm assuming you mean lots of growth and handful of flowers!

I can't really say, I do know that Wistia doesn't like shade, my mum's never ever flowered grew manically but not only single flower.... But that was probably because is was on a north wall at the front of the house which never had sun...

I wonder if perhaps this might be an issue, where the flowers are is the part of the front that gets some sun, and near the door/main bulk of the plant is in shade!

 

Nah Ellie that isn't what i mean

this wisteria produces lots of leaves and lots of flowers at the same time. This is whats its done since my parents bought the house in 2001 every year

where as other wisterias like the one @nFrost posted are just covered in tons of flowers and hardly any leaves



there is one that produces tons of flowers and no leaves at this time of year next my infant/primary school that we have seen every year since i was 4 so thats been the same for 24 years

i am presuming it is the different types of wisteria

i know my floribunda snow showers produces leaves and flowers at the same time

 

Not sure, but wondering if it has something to do with pruning.
I used to prune mine twice a year, mid summer and again in Jan, it always flowered before the leaves got going.
Mine was wisteria floribunda, "purple patches".
Dont have it anymore as it became a problem regarding space.

 

thats the pruning they do too so its not that

hmmmmmm

 

The two wisteria we have have lots of leaves at the same time as flowers, but I'm afraid I don't know the variety(s).

 

@Sian in Belgium do your flowers appear on the new growth rather than the old growth? Thats what my mums seems to be doing

There are so many more flowers that what the picture shows they are just behind the leaves and there are ton more that haven't even opened yet

 

Wistaria sinensis ( chinese) tends to produce the flowers before the leaves whereas with the japanese, Wistaria floribunda they will come out more at the same time and can get easily hidden if not well pruned in february.