Re: common name similaarities - Pandorea

In line with Moira's comments, I would also be extremely cautious
about planting Podranea ricasoliana in a small garden.  Given a free
root run and fairly decent soil it will rocket away producing immense
clambering stems which will smother anything and everything in the
vicinity.  On poor soils it is more manageable and tends to flower
more freely.  Restraining it in a large pot seems to be the best way
of preventing take-over and if buried in the soil so that a
comparative few roots can escape through the drainage holes, it will
behave itself.

The Australian Pandoreas can also be thuggish, but compared to their
African cousin, are decidedly demure and unassuming.  At least two
species are rather hardier than Podranea -  Pandorea jasminoides and
P. pandorana.  This last species is remarkably cold tolerant and has
been widely planted in southern England.  To my mind it is also the
least attractive and I prefer P. jasminoides, which is currently a
mass of flower and buds here in S. Devon.

Dave Poole
TORQUAY  UK
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