World’s largest wisteria vine

Incidentally, Sierra Madre is also home to the world’s largest wisteria vine. In 1894, Mrs. Alice Brugman went to neighboring Monrovia and purchase the flowering vine in a one-gallon pot for 75 cents. By 1931, the wisteria had outgrown its arbors and had crushed the house, so a new house was built 200 feet away. Today it measures more than an acre and weighs 250 tons. The annual Wisteria Festival has been held in March each year since 1918, and tickets are still available if you’d like to visit the world’s largest blossoming plant at this year’s village celebration on March 20.

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