wisteria over french gates

by Sharon Santoni

In our valley,  people like to have high stone walls around their homes.  The walls make you feel safe, and private and …..

 they are great for training climbing plants like wisteria,  clematis and Virginia creeper.
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 Many houses have  wisterias over one hundred years old twisting
 and turning their way around gates and pillars.
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and the great thing about wisteria, is that it can make even a ramshackle fence
look romantic,  especially when the wall beneath is covered in a pink flowering weed.
Wishing you a fragrant weekend,
 thank you for reading my blog, you are the best![blank]

33 comments

Linda Carswell April 28, 2012 - 12:26 pm

Gorgeous photos!!

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Barbara April 28, 2012 - 1:26 pm

Simply Stunning photos!! Thank YOU for starting our weekend off with flowers and lots of them!! I just adore your photos and of course your blogs since I have now been reading them for well over a year and maybe longer….I can't remember for sure. Hope you have a lovely weekend too!!!

Barbara P.

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The enchanted home April 28, 2012 - 1:29 pm

Sharon…utterly breathtaking! That first picture is picture perfect. Enjoy all the beauty and have a wonderful weekend.

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DeniseCovey_L_Aussie April 28, 2012 - 1:31 pm

How delightful are these photos! Love the wisteria. We're just going into autumn here.

Denise

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Jennifer @ Town and Country Living April 28, 2012 - 2:26 pm

Beautiful! I love wisteria.

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Anne April 28, 2012 - 2:46 pm

Such gorgeous photos! Thank you for sharing, don't know which I love more – the stone or the wisteria!

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Corrine April 28, 2012 - 2:55 pm

Oh my! On my way…in my head!!1

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**Anne** April 28, 2012 - 3:20 pm

Stunning photos!!
Anne xx

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Janie's World April 28, 2012 - 3:54 pm

So picturesque! You live in such a beautiful area.

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Laura @ 52 FLEA April 28, 2012 - 3:59 pm

My Mom loved wisteria…but Dad called it invasive.
I would love this beautiful vine to invade my spaces!
Thanks for such lovely images…dreamy! 🙂

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hopflower April 28, 2012 - 4:31 pm

The wisteria is out here, too. The areas are quite similar in situation and look. I live in No. California where we have often been compared to Provence and Tuscany in looks and weather. Of course, we do not have the stone buildings which add a lot of charm. It is a beautiful springtime so far.

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Sam @ My Carolina Kitchen April 28, 2012 - 4:40 pm

So beautiful. When I was a child wisteria was my favorite flower. My grandmother wore a lot of purple and it reminded me of her and still does.
Sam

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Blondie's Journal April 28, 2012 - 5:05 pm

Beautiful homes and stone walls. I love wisteria and have it growing over my front porch. Gorgeous pictures, Sharon! Happy Weekend!!

XO,
Jane

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Michele @ The Nest at Finch Rest April 28, 2012 - 5:40 pm

SO dreamy, you are blessed – what a beautiful site! Thank you so much for sharing that marvel!

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Mise April 28, 2012 - 5:49 pm

How absolutely lovely. You must feel such a happy relief whenever you turn into your gates to come home.

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Kimberly April 28, 2012 - 6:44 pm

Thank you so much for these beautiful photos! I love wisteria – and I love France – so these are just gorgeous to me.

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Lori E April 28, 2012 - 6:52 pm

Beautiful. I could live in any one of those spots very happily.

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Susan @ Afford Your Passions April 28, 2012 - 8:51 pm

Wow – all those images are gorgeous! I want to live in a farmhouse with a ramshackle wall covered in wisteria!

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Lorrie April 28, 2012 - 9:32 pm

I am so glad to have taken this little stroll through your corner of France this morning. It makes the house cleaning a little lighter. And soon I'll be outside in my own corner of the world, digging and planting and hopefully creating something beautiful, too.

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Gatsbys Gardens April 28, 2012 - 10:02 pm

I have had difficulty getting wisteria to bloom so I gave up on it. It is just beautiful especially hanging over the stone walls.

Eileen

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Heaven's Walk April 29, 2012 - 2:13 am

Breathtakingly beautiful, Sharon! Oh how I love visiting here…..! It's like a mini vacation for me. 🙂

xoxo laurie

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Parisienne Farmgirl April 29, 2012 - 4:34 am

A fragrant weekend indeed.
LOVELY!
Our wisteria FINALLY bloomed after 7 years! I had about ten cascading flowers and I was giddy.

Bonne Weekend.
Angela

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Rowan April 29, 2012 - 10:20 am

That is such a beautiful house in the first photo. I love everything about wisteria – the colour, the scent and the shape of the flower spikes.

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Barb @ The Everyday Home (formerly Grits and Glamour) April 29, 2012 - 4:14 pm

LOVE these photos. And I love wisteria. Before my husband retired from the military, I always planted wisteria everywhere we went. The last house we sold in CO, I wasn't even sure f it would grow with the cold weather. It did beautifully. We sold the house in Feb, and later that Spring the new Owner tracked us down thru some neighbors we remain in contact with, wanting to know what the purple vine on the arbor was. She loved it. I couldn't believe she didn't know. Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures with us.

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Kris April 29, 2012 - 5:12 pm

Beautiful climbers. I love the wisteria, the color is gorgeous and you're right, it makes a ramshackle fence look even more lovely over the blooming pink weeds!

Thanks so much for sharing these images!

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Betsy April 29, 2012 - 6:00 pm

I could sit at my computer and gaze at the fabulous photos for a long time. So pretty.
happy Sunday
Betsy

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shooting star April 29, 2012 - 6:10 pm

i love the idea of creepers and hangers in the house!!

https://sushmita-smile.blogspot.in/

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Jane Sorgetz April 29, 2012 - 7:46 pm

Fotos lindas, maravilhosas !!!!

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kerrie of sea cottage April 30, 2012 - 2:31 am

The last two photos look like paintings to me. Beautiful

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Mrs. Sutton April 30, 2012 - 12:04 pm

Beautiful – one of the most romantic climbers to have around a house – I love it! This is such a wonderful time of year – especially when you can see sights like these, the combination of rough stone and pretty, wispy wisteria is the stuff of fairy tales – lovely! x

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California Girl May 1, 2012 - 5:12 am

The images you've captured are breathtakingly beautiful.

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Looking Glass May 1, 2012 - 9:09 am

How beautiful. I especially love the very first picture.

~ Clare x

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dee August 10, 2015 - 10:50 pm

Very Lovely, question…do you know what the pink flowering weed is called over the ramshackle fence pic?

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