Re: Wonga-wonga Vine Questions

Dear Carol,
 
I sympathize with you about having your vine cut down.  I had a young man helping me do some weeding last week - I told him, "don't pull out the white or pink flowered plants  - there are only two weeds there - this one and that" - I went in the house for a brief time and came back out and he had pulled out my Salvia argentea and my pink Phlomis tuberosa and crumpled them up and put them in the weed pile in the wheelbarrow.  This was their third year in the ground and they were both flowering and just huge and looking so good.  I was just sick when I came out and saw what he did.  My DH said I gave the young man too much information - that I know plants and he doesn't - so now I am watching over him like a hawk.
 
Anyway, I just purchased two Pandorea vines last week for my pergola near my water tank - I have never seen this vine or grown it before but they looked so attractive at the nursery, I went ahead and got them.  I thought the plant label said Pandorea jasminoides - so I am not sure they are the same as what you have.  From Sean's description, I think not, as my flowers seem larger and do not droop but stay horizontal.   One has pure white tubular flowers and the other has white flowers with magenta colored throats in the center of the tube.  My pergola has pressure treated wood that is a reddish brown color (I left it natureal) and I thought the dark green leaves and white flowers would look good on it.  They are about 4 foot tall and have a few blooms on them and seem to already be putting on more blossoms.  Since it so hot here during the day I expected them to wilt after planting but they seem to be doing just fine.  I did have hardenbergia there but it froze to the ground this past winter and I didn't like the look of that vine in that location, so I took the hardenbergia out.  I got the Pandorea at Mezquite Nursery in Strathmore which is about a 20 miles from where I live in Central California.  Here is their website: http://mezquitenursery.com/   I think they have another nursery in southern California too - not sure if you could arrange for them to be shipped by them or something.  I think they are growers and supply other nurseries too.
 
Linda Starr
Springville Lavender Gardens
 
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