Trends come and go, but some things never go out of style. Take the perfect purple phenomenon about to hit the capital: the Elizabeth line wisteria. Currently in full bloom, and snaking its way over everywhere that you and I can’t afford to live, wisteria hysteria is back again – and Instagram, as always, is there to capture it all.
See also: Secret London’s complete flower guide to London .
1. We’ll start off small, shall we? (Marylebone )
Photo: @rubyandb
2. Of course, wisteria hysteria doesn’t really DO subtle, darlings. (Hampstead )
Photo: @sparrowinlondon
3. The wisteria is charming in Chiswick …
Photo: @siobhaise
4. Magnificent in (more) Marylebone …
Photo: @rubyandb
5. And never better in Notting Hill .
Photo: @the.geographer
6. It’s all just really bloody lovely, isn’t it? (St. John’s Wood )
7. That infamous Holland Park spot is back in bloom…
Photo: @amanda.phillips.london
8. And really, it looks good from any angle. (We can’t get enough of the Notting Hill Wisteria, okay?)
Photo: @elensham
9. Oh, go on then, just one more of this place.
Photo: @lukecabrahams
(It’s Number 4, Bedford Gardens, just as a general FYI. It’s in, as you probably guessed, Notting Hill !)
10. Kynance Mews is looking rather ravishing too.
Photo: @a_ontheroad
11. The wisteria in Peckham Rye Park though…
12. Seriously though, imagine stepping out of this front door each morning (more Kyance Mews goodness).
Photo: @a_ontheroad
*sighs wistfully*
13. London’s oldest wisteria has had a lot of time to perfect its game.
Photo: @londonispink
It was brought to London from China 200 years ago, and lives out by the Fuller’s brewery in Chiswick .
14. One could say wisteria season has hit a purple patch.
Photo: @lukecabrahams
Ba-dum-tsh! 🙄
15. And if you’re mad for mauve, you aren’t going to want to miss out.
Photo: @magnoliawalks
16. Remember, wisteria hysteria comes but once a year. Blessing this Kensington house every time.
17. So if you want to get up close and personal… (Chiswick )
18. Get out there and enjoy it whilst it lasts! (South Kensington)
19. Wild for Wisteria in Kensington , tbqh.
20. Stunning scenes over at Sexby Gardens .
21. Ilford Manor Gardens … That is all.
A vibrant delight.
22. Wisteria decorating the houses of Chelsea .
23. Oh hey there, Mr. Gherkin 😅
24. A three-pronged attack of Wisteria. Find them over at Chiswick House , Thames Path at Hammersmith and Sumner Place .
25. Some lovely Greenwich wisteria for you all
26. Wembley Park Purple
27. We couldn’t forget Islington , could we?
28. Beautiful sights in New Forest .
29. More from Holland Park ? Oh, go on then!
30. We’ll leave you on this piece of art in Kensington . Happy wisteria hunting!
Also published on Medium .