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Enchanting Bells or Chinese Violet

Enchanting Bells or Chinese Violet
Photo: Sheldon Navie
Invasive Plant
Enchanting Bells or Chinese Violet
Asystasia gangetica
 

This herbaceous perennial is very fast growing and can reach further than the usual 1m high clump by growing amongst nearby vegetation. It has dense green foliage and pretty racemes of white/cream and blue/violet flowers in Autumn and Spring. It survives well in dry habitats.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • This plant is a rampant smothering plant that can sucker and be spread by pieces of stem.
  • Seeds are also plentiful and easily spread by an explosive dispersal mechanism.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Pentas lanceolata 'Ardina'
  • Evolvulus pilosus - Blue Sapphire

Ask your local retailer for more superior selections

 

Alternative Plants

Gardenia
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides'Radicans'
Trees and Shrubs
 

Excellent border or low hedge plant to 0.5m, with small glossy green foliage and absolutely covered in white fragrant blooms throughout all but the coldest months of the year. A fantastic plant when mass planted.

Miniature Baeckea
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
Alternative Plant Miniature Baeckea
Babingtonia virgata 'Dwarf'
Trees and Shrubs
 

Compact growing variety reaching a neat dense mound that is only 50-60 cm high. Fine foliage is bronze near the tips. Covered in small white flowers in the warmer months.

Wonga Wonga Vine
Photo: Lorna Rose
Alternative Plant Wonga Wonga Vine
Pandorea pandorana
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

Vigourous Australian native twining plant. Flowers are tubular and creamy-white with purple or brownish markings and appear in spring and summer. Several new cultivars have been developed including 'Snowbells' with pure white flowers and 'Golden Showers' with yellow-bronze flowers.

 
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