Pandorea jasminoides (Lindl.) Schum.

Bower Vine

Woody climber. Leaves mostly opposite, 15-20 cm long. Leaflets 4-7, to 6 cm long, 3 cm wide, entire; the basal ones asymmetric. Flower clusters to 10 cm or more long. Flowers to 6 cm long, white or pink with a red, hairy throat, the lobes 2-3 cm long. Fruit capsule to 6 cm long; seeds to 1.5 cm wide.

Qld, NSW

A number of selections have flowers with deep pink throats.

The common name, Bower of Beauty, is sometimes used as a cultivar name.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Bignoniaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Pandorea jasminoides 'Alba'

Flowers white with creamy green throats.

Pandorea jasminoides 'Amabilis'

A listed name for plants with pink trumpet flowers in spring.

Pandorea jasminoides 'Charisma'

Leaves with a cream margin. Flowers pale pink.

Probably originated and introduced in the early 1980s.

Pandorea jasminoides 'Lady Di'

Flowers large, white with a yellow throat. ['Snow Queen']

Introduced 1970s.

Pandorea jasminoides 'Lemon Bells'

A fast growing selection with lemon flowers in late winter and early spring.

Pandorea jasminoides 'Southern Belle'

Flowers pale pink, larger in summer and autumn.

Plant Varieties Journal 10(1)48.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Lamiales
family       Bignoniaceae
genus        Pandorea (Endl.) Spach