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Climbers for Tropical and Subtropical Areas

Austrobaileya scandens

3

Cayratia trifolia Slender Water Vine

Clematis pickeringii

3

Tropical Clematis
Clerodendrum inerme Scrambling Clerodendron

Derris involuta

3

Native Derris
Hoya australis Common Hoya
Hoya macgillivrayi

Lygodium reticulatum

3

Coarse Climbing Fern

Pandorea jasminoides

3

Bower Climber
Pandorea nervosa

Pandorea pandorana

3

Wonga Wonga Vine

Parsonsia straminea

3

Common Silkpod

Passiflora aurantia

3

Blunt-Leaved Passionfruit

Passiflora herbertiana

3

Native Passionfruit
Piper novae-hollandiae Giant Pepper Vine

Rhaphidophora australasica

3

Rhaphidophora pinnata

now called

Epipremnum pinnatum

Smilax australis Southern Sarsaparilla
Smilax glyciphylla Sweet Sarsaparilla
Tecomanthe hillii Fraser Island Climber
  1. Requires some protection
  2. Tolerates light to moderate frosts
  3. Can be very vigourous in these climatic zones
    - better grown away from buildings
  4. Shrubby climber
  5. Good under cover in cool temperature


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