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Petrea volubilis - Sandpaper Vine

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By Bernieh


Petrea volubilis - Sandpaper Vine (Petrea volubilis)

This is a fast growing, tropical climber. It can become a self-supporting arching shrub or climb up a tree and make a wonderful display of flowers in the canopy. Mine is growing up the Peanut tree - Sterculia Quadrifida - and blooms when the peanut tree is coming into its new spring foliage.



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Such a pretty flower I would love this

22 Oct, 2009

 

Beautiful Bernieh

22 Oct, 2009

 

Beautiful! I wish I could grow this.

26 Oct, 2009

 

Looks wonderful against the blue, blue sky.

28 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks Claireinbude - I'm in an area that has blue skies for around 300 days of the year! Sometimes I just wish for a bit of grey and gloom - that would mean rain!

28 Oct, 2009

 

Come to Cornwall. We get plenty of rain here, straight off the Atlantic! Not that I'm complaining. It's wonderful here with the waves crashing against the rocks and wonderful sunsets over the sea.

28 Oct, 2009

 

Sounds delightful - didn't make it to Cornwall when we visited England unfortunately. It's really starting to warm up over here as we get closer to summer ... but getting closer to summer also means getting closer to possible rain! Looking forward to that.

28 Oct, 2009

 

Wow, the tropics, you long 4 grey skies, I long again for my lovely tropics I grew up in. So grey here to day, but not complaining, getting the good rain it so need. Lovely vine.

29 Oct, 2009

 

So dainty and vibrant

29 Oct, 2009

 

Doon - it's a case of 'the grass is always greener' and it's so true. This time of year is so hard on the garden - but I do appreciate the lovely blue skies ... really I do!

30 Oct, 2009

 

Yup, that is 4 sure, hope you fires will be zero this year Down Under.

30 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks Doon - already had a few during our spring ... so hopefully a lot of the fuel for more bushfires has already been burnt off.

31 Oct, 2009



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