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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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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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]
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Gymea Lily
Gymea lilies are spectacular Australian native plants with large, compact heads of nectar filled red flowers atop tall, thick stems. Most Australian natives resent being transplanted, but Gymea lilies can be dug up, moved and planted bare rooted. ... [... more]
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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]
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Boston Ivy
Boston ivy is one of about ten species from North America and Asia belonging to the genus Parthenocissus. It is not actually an ivy but a member of the Vitaceae, or grape family. It's a particularly good climber for covering large walls or ... [... more]
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Creeping Fig - Plant of the Week
Don showed how classy creeping figs can look when used in a formal garden design. The figs were trained to fill recesses in a masonry wall, so that they formed perfect green rectangular shapes. The fig rectangles provided a wonderful backdrop for ... [... more]
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Grape Vine
Don looked at two climbers that will give sunshine in winter and shade in summer, as well as fabulous autumn colour. A vigorous, self-clinging deciduous climber, which adheres firmly to slightly rough surfaces by means of disc-shaped suckers at ... [... more]
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