Judith Wilson with her 240 feet long wisteria wall at Wickham Place Farm in Witham, Essex – credit, SWNS.

A perfect conjunction of timing and weather has seen Britain’s longest wisteria vine explode into a colorful cascade of periwinkle blue, violet, and mauve.

The breathtaking bush at Wickham Place Farm in Witham, Essex, reaches 240 feet along a giant garden wall and stands at 15 feet high.

Judith Wilson’s 240-feet-long wisteria wall at Wickham Place Farm in Witham, Essex – credit, SWNS.

Proud owner and amateur gardener Judith Wilson, 68, said she spends 60 hours pruning the flowery vine a year and it ‘still takes my breath away.’

Mrs. Wilson started tending to the Chinese wisteria sinensis in 1993 which replaced ivy found growing on the wall when they moved to the farm which she converted into a fabulous garden.

“The wisteria looks better than ever, more so this superb year with few frosts,” she told the Southwest News Service. “Everybody without exception is saying what a fabulous year for wisterias because of the sunshine. It has brought them on a treat.”

“I look at it and think ‘Wow’. It still takes my breath away.”

Wilson has spent years training the vine to grow along the full length of her garden wall, but late frosts often killed the flowers off. Thanks to Wilson’s dedicated care it stands at 15 feet high, and is believed to be Britain’s longest wisteria.

Wilson said that they are comparatively easy to maintain, with major trimmings occurring in January and February and a little trim in July. She actually owns five large wisterias, which proved such a decoration that she used to open her gardens to the public every Friday to raise money for the local hospice.

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However, they closed in 2015 which Wilson joked ‘gave her more time to focus on the garden’.

“Vine sounds too gentle—they are trees,” she laughed. “The bases are more than 24 inches across. “They are all probably at their best. The sun over the coming weekend will fade them and cause the flowers to drop.”

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