Bower of Beauty (Pandorea jasminoides), Vivid Pink, in 250 mm Pot

Family: Bignoniaceae (the trumpet vines)
Genus: Pandorea (includes nine species of flowering woody vines native to Australia, Malesia and parts of Melanesia)

Botanical/Binomial Name: Pandorea jasminoides
Meaning of Name:
Pandorea, a reference to the Greek mythological figure Pandora and her box, and how the many seeds in the seed pod are released when the pod is opened; and
jasminoides, from Persian یاسمین (yâsmin, the Jasminum flower) + Latin -oīdēs from -o- + Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, ‘-oid’, ‘-like’)

Common Name: Pandorea, Bower of Beauty, Bower Vine

Botanical Characteristics: Woody | Perennial | Evergreen | Vine | Frost tender
Propagation: Cuttings | Seed | Layering

Item Description:
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This is the exact item in the second photo. The plant is about 800 mm tall and the pot is 250 mm diameter and 250 mm high.
The third photo is a typical example of this species in full flower.

This plant on offer was self-sown. It is an excellent height and age for training on a fence, trellis, or other support, with three roughly equally thick branches coming off roughly equidistantly from the main trunk.

Plant Description:
Pandorea jasminoides is an eastern Australian native woody vine, and this vivid pink version is a stunner — this species isn’t called ‘Bower of Beauty’ for nothing!

It is a strong climber and very easy to train over any sturdy struture. It is also an excellent screening plant on account of its dense foliage, and very showy when in flower from September through to March.

Growing Information:
Pandorea jasminoides is best suited for permanent planting in the ground on account of its woody nature and vigorous growth, but otherwise requires no care at all. It is a very hardy disease-free native which fends for itself, though is not suited for regions which experience frost.

This plant is a vine and will climb very high if you let it, so please be aware of this. I have a decades-old one poking through the canopy of a 6 m tall Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), and people mistake its flowers for the Tuckeroo’s!

It is a strong grower and I do strongly recommend yearly pruning to keep it in check. P. jasminoides responds very well to heavy and directed pruning, and if you allow some of the branches to hang unsupported, you will be rewarded many times over with a stunning curtain of flowers.