Unknown creeper

[vanozzi]

Hi-- could somebody ID this creeper please?

[fleurbleue]

I think it could be Asarina scandens...

[arillady]

I too have this creeper in two different shades of pink - its name is escaping me at present.
Doing a quick websearch for Asarina I found the name that I know it by: Maurandya.
It is a happy creeper that could escape as it has plenty of seeds.

[Maggi Young]

Looking at the photos on the internet, to see if I could find a plant with the rich colour of Paul's example, I see that there is a huge variation in the shape and substance of  foliage shown in pictures purporting to be Asarina scandens. Some seem to have the shinier, arrow-shaped leaves of Paul's plant, while others seem to show softer, hairier, more plainly triangular foliage.  I'm confused!





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[Lesley Cox]

What I had as Maurandya barclaiana was a gorgeous purple but eventually succumbed to frost. It was OK for a few years until a harder winter.

[vanozzi]

Thanks Nicole, Pat, Maggie and Lesley! I'll lable them as mauranya barclaiana and send some off with my seed donation in case anyone is interested.As Pat says, it does set an abundance of seed.

[Lesley Cox]

Well I shall apply for some Paul as I lost mine, as mentioned above. It was really beautiful on a 6ft high, shadecloth fence. I's like to have it again.

[Paul T]

Paul,

Sorry, only getting to these ID topics now......

That is a lovely intense colour, almost a magenta by the look of it?  The one I grow is a blue-purpley colour, but not dark like Lesley's sounded.  I didn't realise they came in other colours..... by the sound of it between us (yourself, Pat and I) we have 4 different colours, so there is obviously a lot of variation.  The leaves on mine are definitely slightly furry, enough to remember without having to go out and have a look at it.  Flowers for absolutely ages.  I grow it on the other side of an arch from Clematis armandii, so one flowers in spring, then the other flowers throughout summer.