Editing Sierra Madre, California (section)

===Wisteria vine===
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[[File:Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival 2016 01.jpg|thumb|The Sierra Madre Wisteria]]
Sierra Madre is known for its annual Wistaria Festival (an alternative spelling of [[Wisteria]]), which celebrates its  {{convert|1|acre|m2}} Chinese wisteria (''[[Wisteria sinensis]]'') vine, which was planted in the 1890s.<ref name="Times1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thespruce.com/chinese-wisteria-plants-2132898|title=What Is Chinese Wisteria?|website=The Spruce}}</ref>  The plant was named by the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the largest flowering plant and one of the seven horticultural wonders of the world.<ref>[http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/wistaria_hysteria_hits_sierra_madre_sunday/4454/ "Wistaria Hysteria hits Sierra Madre Sunday"] John Sollenberger, 3-22-07, ''Pasadena Weekly''.</ref> The annual festival is the one day a year the vine on private property can be viewed.<ref>"Now the largest blossoming plant in the world, Sierra Madre's 250-ton wistaria vine fit in a one-gallon can when it was purchased for 75 cents at Monrovia nursery in 194." March/April 2009 p. 52 AAA ''Westways'' magazine</ref><ref>Sierramadrewistariafestival.com</ref> The city's more than {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=on}}-long Wisteria Vine, was purchased in 1894 by Mrs. William (Alice) Brugman from the old Wilson nursery, in [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]], for seventy-five cents.<ref name=autogenerated2 />  Over time, the vine, with its lavender flowers, grew so large that it crushed the house. Now the vine spans two back yards in the 500 block of North Hermosa Avenue.<ref name="Times1"/> The vine measures more than {{convert|1|acre|m2}} in size and weighs 250 tons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gardendecor-and-decorativeaccessories.com/wisteria-and-trumpet-vines-friend-or-foe/|title=Wisteria /Trumpet Vine - Garden Decor<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-wistaria-festival-20180317-story.html|title=Your once-a-year shot to see a freakishly large wisteria vine|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=R. DANIEL |last=FOSTER|date=March 16, 2018|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>