Pandorea pandorana

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Other common names

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Synonyms

Pandorea oxleyana
Bignonia pandorana
Bignonia australis

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A vigorous, twining, evergreen climber with compound leaves made up of six pairs of mid-green leaflets. The fragrant, tubular, creamflowers have variable reddish-purple markings, and areborne in clusters in winter and spring

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Loam

Max Height

4-8 metres

Max Spread

1-1.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity
5–10 years
Max Spread
1-1.5 metres
Max Height
4-8 metres

Growing Conditions

Loam
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

  • H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
  • H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
  • H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
  • H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
  • H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
  • H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
  • H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
  • H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
  • H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)
H1C

Colour & Scent

Fragrance Flower
Season Stem Flower Foliage Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family
Bignoniaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Climbing
Genus
Pandorea are woody climbers with twining stems bearing pinnate leaves and terminal panicles or racemes of fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers with 5 spreading lobes
Name Status
Correct
Plant Range
Australia

How to Grow

Cultivation

May survive outdoors against a warm wall in very mild areas, otherwise grow in a cool greenhouse or conservatory, in peat-free, loam-based compost, in full light

Propagation

Propagate by layering or root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer

Suggested planting locations and garden types

  • Patio and container plants
  • Mediterranean climate plants
  • Wall side borders

Pruning

Pruning group 11, after flowering

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids and glasshouse red spider mite

Diseases

Generally disease-free