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Which wisteria?

   We have had a bulldozer in, and removed an 80-year-old cypress hedge. It
was beyond us to keep it trimmed because it spread so vigorously and
threatened to engulf everything. When in the garden people glanced
nervously over their shoulders.
   "Doesn't the garden seem smaller than a minute ago?"
   "...Yes... Wasn't there a plum tree in that corner?"
     The hedge was 5 metres thick and only green on a thin outer layer.
Inside it was all dry twigs and dead needles.  Last summer when bushfires
were raining ashes on us we were acutely aware of the fire risk.
   So, the bulldozer.
   I felt like a murderer.  But now we have all this space and sunlight.
   In part of the space we have built an arbour, 3 metres wide and 39
metres long, which I would like to cover with wisteria.
   Is there much difference between Wisteria florabunda and W. sinensis?
How many of either type would it take to cover an arbour of this size?
Does one have a much longer blooming season than the other?  Which one has
flowers which are bluer (rather than more mauve)?  These are the questions
which I think are most important to me in choosing which wisteria to plant,
but if anyone has some other suggestions I would appreciate hearing them.
   The espaliered orange sounds glorious. I hope it grows well.

    Elizabeth   -  east coast Tasmania

   "Time flies like an arrow.  Fruit flies like a peach."
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