The term CLIMBING SHRUB WITH SHOWY BLOOMS is an 8-letter word, WISTERIA. Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the Eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan. It is a popular ornamental plant, grown for its attractive flowers and foliage. The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes 10–50 cm long, similar to those of the genus Laburnum, but are purple, violet, pink or white.