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Types of CLIMBER plants

Pandorea jasminoides

A woody, evergreen climber that bears an absolute abundance of tubular, pure white flowers with butter-yellow throats from mid-spring to late summer.

  • PLANT NAME: Agapanthus praecox
  • COMMON ENGLISH NAME: Bower plant, Lady di
  • INDIGENOUS/ EXOTIC: Exotic
  • EVERGREEN/ DECIDUOUS: Evergreen
  • HEIGHT & WIDTH: 4-5m x 3m
  • TIME OF FLOWER: Spring, Late Summer
  • COLOUR OF FLOWER: Pink, White
  • LIGHT PREFERENCE: Full sun → semi-shade
  • WATER NEEDS: Moderate
  • SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Sandy, Loam
  • AVAILABLE SIZES: 15 cm

Passiflora edulis

A fast-growing and robust perennial vine with the characteristic striking solitary white and violet flowers of the granadilla plant.

  • PLANT NAME: Passiflora edulis
  • COMMON ENGLISH NAME: Granadilla, Passion fruit
  • INDIGENOUS/ EXOTIC: Exotic
  • EVERGREEN/ DECIDUOUS: Evergreen
  • HEIGHT & WIDTH: 2-5m x 1-4m
  • TIME OF FLOWER: Early spring, Summer
  • COLOUR OF FLOWER: White and Purple
  • LIGHT PREFERENCE: Full sun
  • WATER NEEDS: Moderate
  • SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Sandy, Loam
  • AVAILABLE SIZES: 15cm

Rhoicissus digitata

The main stem is woody with distinctively russet-orange hairs covering young stems. New leaves can be conspicuously rust-red. Tendrils occur opposite the leaves which are digitally compound, with three to five leaflets with very short stalks.

  • PLANT NAME: Rhoicissus digitata
  • COMMON ENGLISH NAME: Baboon Grape
  • COMMON AFRIKAANS NAME: Bobbejaandruif
  • INDIGENOUS/ EXOTIC: Indigenous
  • EVERGREEN/ DECIDUOUS: Evergreen
  • HEIGHT & WIDTH: 0.5-1.5m x 1-10m
  • TIME OF FLOWER: Late Summer, Autumn
  • COLOUR OF FLOWER: Brown, Green, Cream, Yellow
  • LIGHT PREFERENCE: Full sun → semi-shade
  • WATER NEEDS: Low → moderate
  • SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Sandy, Clay, Loam
  • AVAILABLE SIZES: 15cm

Rhoicissus tomentosa

The main stem is woody with distinctively russet-orange hairs covering young stems. New leaves can be conspicuously rust-red. Tendrils occur opposite the leaves which are digitally compound, with three to five leaflets with very short stalks.

  • PLANT NAME: Rhoicissus tomentosa
  • COMMON ENGLISH NAME: Wild grape, Bush grape, African grape
  • COMMON AFRIKAANS NAME:Bosdruif, Wildedruif
  • INDIGENOUS/ EXOTIC: Indigenous
  • EVERGREEN/ DECIDUOUS: Evergreen
  • HEIGHT: Upto 20m
  • TIME OF FLOWER: Summer
  • COLOUR OF FLOWER: Green, Cream
  • LIGHT PREFERENCE: Full sun → semi-shade
  • WATER NEEDS: Low → moderate
  • SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Sandy, Loam
  • AVAILABLE SIZES: 15cm