Pandorea jasminoides (Bower Vine)

Pandorea jasminoides flowers

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Pandorea jasminoides leaves and flower

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

BOWER VINE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Pandorea jasminoides in Australia

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Common Name
Bower Vine

Other Names
Bower of Beauty, Bower Plant

Description
Bower Vine is a vigorous climbing vine that can reach heights of several metres. The dark green leaves are pinnate with up to seven leaflets. The plant flowers in spring, summer and autumn. The trumpet-shaped flowers are pink with a maroon throat, and up to 6 cm long. The fruit is a woody pod about 8 cm long and 2 cm wide.

Habitat
tropical and subtropical rainforest

Distribution
Bower Vine is found in eastern Queensland, and eastern New South Wales,

Growth Characteristics
Height (m):
Spread (m): 3 - 4
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: pink / white
Flower Season: winter, spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Pandorea
Species:	jasminoides
Common Name:	Bower Vine

Relatives in same Genus
  Pandorea doratoxylon
  Pandorea jasminoides 'Lady Di'
  Pandorea pandorana