Billardiera cymosa - sweet appleberry
Most plants struggle to grow under trees, especially under gum trees; this native scrambling climber snuggles up alongside, using their trunks as a climbing frame.
All the native billardieras - appleberries, bluebell creepers, and snotberries (yeah, we'll pass on those thanks) - are fast-growing easy-going vines that love a bushland environment. They do well in cottage gardens and twining among bigger shrubs, very like hardenbergia in habit.
This one originates from the southern coast, from Adelaide to Melbourne, and has cloudy-sky bell flowers followed by bushtucker berries like a miniature kiwi fruit, which are said to taste of aniseed
Fun fact : their botanic name is in honour of Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere, French biologist, explorer, chronicler of Australian plants, and winner of Best Name award.
Billardiera cymosa - sweet appleberry
APPEARANCE : Light native scrambling climber, with long slender rounded leaves, spring-summer bell flowers in pale blue-purple or white, and small oval fruits that ripen from green to purple. Often found in the understory of malleee bushUSE FOR : Cottage gardens, lightweight rambling climber, informal shrub (if grown without climbing support), bushtucker, native woodland gardens
PLANTING : Prefers dappled shade and moist acid or alkaline soil. Frost tolerant, possibly frost hardy. Mulch and water well until the plant is established, usually around 12 weeks.
CARE : Prune after flowering to encourage dense growth habit and continued flowering. Reapply mulch and feed with a slow release native fertiliser during spring if required.
HEIGHT & WIDTH : 1-3m x 1-2m. YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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| Plants For State | ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA |
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