Pandorea pandorana ssp. pandorana
| Common Name: | Wonga Vine |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Size: | Climber to 6m+ |
| Description: | Vigorous climber, longitudinal ridges on branches. |
| Leaves: | Pairs of glossy dark green leaves divided into pairs of leaflets. Juvenile leaves 2-8cm long, 8-17 small bluntly toothed leaflets; adult - 8-16cm long, 3-9 egg-shaped leaflets 2.5-8cm x 5-30mm, longer terminal leaflet, tip tapering to a point. |
| Flowering: | Long weeping sprays of tubular flowers, maroon markings in throat and on lobes, hairy inside, lobes spreading. |
| Flower Colour: | Cream with maroon markings |
| Flowering Time: | September to January |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist to wet draining soils in moist to wet gullies and forests, or occasionally rocky exposed sites. Tolerant of light frosts. Full sun, semi-shade to dappled shade. While the canopy is in the sun, the roots will be in cool, moist soil. |
| Garden Use: | Excellent vigorous climber for a strong trellis or to grow up established trees. Roots need to be well mulched or kept cool. Other commercially available colour forms are not local to the Shire. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 30, 38, 42 |
| Conservation Status: | Widespread within the Shire |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Generally. Plants in general nurseries rarely local. |
| Bird Attracting: | Habitat - nestinging |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1 Healesville Sanctuary ©; 2 Owen Gooding ©; 3, 4 Marilyn Gray © |
