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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, West Australian native 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

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.

Moroccan Glory Vine
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Alternative Plant Moroccan Glory Vine
Convolvulus sabatius
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

An attractive evergreen perennial with a spreading prostrate habit. Leaves are green, soft in texture with funnel form flowers in blue to violet appearing in late spring to autumn. Suitable as a ground cover, spill-over plant in rockeries and is ideal in large containers or hanging baskets. Reaching a height of about 20 cm, it will spread to 2 metres wide. Prefers a moist well-drained site and is frost tolerant.

Native Sarsaparilla
Photo: © immij pty ltd
Alternative Plant Native Sarsaparilla
Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This is a vigorous, popular and generally hardy Australian native plant that grows to about 1 m x 1 m The pea shape flowers appear in late winter and early spring and are violet in colour. It can be used as a ground cover and will climb on a support. It prefers an open sunny position. Pink and white flowering cultivars are also available.

 
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