Best Climbers
Climbing plants are among the most useful plants in the garden. Deciduous climbers are great for growing over pergolas to create summer shade but allow the winter sun through. Evergreen climbers are great for growing over a fence, providing ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Wonga-wonga Vine
The Wonga-wonga vine, (Pandorea pandorana), is a fast-growing Australian native climbing plant. It can be found in eastern Australia from Queensland to Tasmania growing vigorously over tall trees. It is also a spectacular garden plant. Pandorea ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Australian Climbing Plants
Climbers and scramblers are superb additions to the garden. They form excellent screen plants for walls and fences, provide shelter from the sun when grown on pergolas and add interest and variety when grown on trees or amongst shrubs. Many ... [... more]
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Happy Wanderer (Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer')
Climbing plants are excellent for covering or decorating walls, fences, pergolas, arches and arbours. They are also very good screening plants in areas where trees and shrubs are too large. Don looked at a typical range of climbers available ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Muehlenbeckia
Paula O'Hara planted a climber (Muehlenbeckia complexa) on an ugly, cyclone wire fence. In just 12 months the vine had almost covered the fence, and in three years she had an 'instant' hedge! The only problem is that muehlenbeckia is very ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Mandevilla 'White Fantasy'
Don looked at an outstanding new hybrid mandevilla bred in Japan. 'White Fantasy' has gorgeous white flowers with just a touch of pink in the bud. Mandevilla 'White Fantasy' (a hybrid of Mandevilla boliviensis) A moderately vigorous climber to 4m ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
White Potato Creeper
This week's Plant of the Week is the white potato creeper. A member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family, it is a classic, widely used plant in Australian gardens that perhaps should be used even more. Description: A moderately vigorous, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Stephanotis floribunda
This handsome evergreen climber from Madagascar is part of 5-15 species of twining woody-stemmed climbers found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and Asia. It grows to a height and spread of 3m (10 ft), is primarily ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Orange Trumpet Creeper
There is one climber which, when it flowers, seems to attract more interest than just about any other. It's commonly known as the orange trumpet creeper or Pyrostegia venusta. Pyrostegia venusta. It is a member of the Bignonia family ... [... more]
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Native Wisteria
Japanese or Chinese wisterias are stunningly beautiful plants, but they do have limitations. Some gardeners don't like the fact that they lose their leaves in winter, and they don't really suit planting schemes featuring Australian natives. The ... [... more]
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Jasminum - Jasmine
Jasmines come in many forms, some perfumed, some not, most are climbers, a few are shrubs and most of them are highly perfumed. The most popular and highest perfumed of the lot is Jasmine Polyanthum, with pink buds that develop into snow white ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Bleeding Heart Vine
There are over 400 species of clerodendrums, including climbers, shrubs, herbaceous plants and trees, and they are mostly from warm climates. Many, like the Bleeding Heart Vine, have very showy flowers. Evergreen twiner native to Western Tropical ... [... more]
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