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Bluebell Creeper

Bluebell Creeper
Photo: © immij pty ltd
Invasive Plant
Bluebell Creeper
Billardiera heterophylla
 

Formerly known as Sollya heterophylla.

A vigorous, evergreen, climbing plant growing to a height of 4 m. It may be a dense shrub or a climbing plant. Dainty drooping clusters of blue or white flowers are mainly carried in spring and summer, producing fleshy, green cylindrical berries that darken with age.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • This species produces copious amounts of seeds which are eaten by birds and foxes and spread in their droppings. It can smother native ground covers and shrubs and can invade adjoining bushland.
 
 
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Alternative Plants

Azores Jasmine
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Azores Jasmine
Jasminum azoricum
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

An evergreen, non-invasive, climbing shrub to 6 m high. It has glossy, deep green, leathery leaves on twining stems and is not aggressive in its habit. Like all Jasmines it has an abundance of pure white, highly scented flowers that appear in late summer.

Edna Walling Blue Bells™
Photo: Austraflora
Alternative Plant Edna Walling Blue Bells™
Billardiera heterophylla x parviflora
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This sterile form of the popular Bluebell creeper is a small dense shrub that will twine along posts or walls. It has small blue flowers in summer and thrives in full-sun or light shade in freely draining soils. Ideal for containers, this form cannot set fertile seed so is a safe alternative.

Wonga Wonga Vine
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Wonga Wonga Vine
Pandorea pandorana
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This is a vigorous, hardy Australian native twining plant. The flowers are tubular and creamy-white with purple or brown markings in the throat. A number of selected colour forms of this species have been brought into cultivation, the most common is 'Snowbells' with pure white flowers and 'Golden Showers' with yellow-bronze flowers. Flowering occurs mainly in spring but may persist into summer.

 
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