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Another Australian
« on: February 09, 2011, 07:47:05 PM »
Anyone give a name to this climber, picture taken in Australia by a friend, no idea if it's native.

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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 08:01:07 PM »
Any joy with finding it in Paul T's threads, Australian Native Plants at the ANBG Canberra, Stephen?
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3339.0

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2357.0
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2011, 08:33:15 PM »
It is very Plumbago-ish, isn't it?
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 10:00:24 PM »
Looks like a Durante to me.bye Ray
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 10:24:55 PM »
Yes, it's Duranta, possibly the cultivar "Geisha Girl"
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 10:45:11 PM »
Thanks friends....I was clueless....
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2011, 06:55:04 AM »
Stephen,

Definitely Duranta, and as Fermi suggested, most likely 'Geisha Girl'.  It's a shrub, not a climber, and I think it is South American from memory?  Pretty plant.
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2011, 07:43:31 AM »
Then I learnt something today! I've never heard of Duranta, but when I look it up it is a little Plumbago-ish even if it is in another family :P
Anyway a nice plant but impossible to grow in my garden :-[
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Re: Another Australian
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2011, 08:33:05 AM »
Trond,

Barely even growable in my garden as well.  ::)  It loses it's leaves and comes back each spring.  This year I thought it was gone and assigned the pot to an area for recycling, only to discover it shooting a couple of weeks later.   :o  You just never quite know.  ;D
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