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Blushing Bindweed

Convolvulus angustissimus

Blushing Bindweed
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Blushing Bindweed is a slender, twining perennial vine from southeastern and southern Australia, grown for its small pink (occasionally white) funnel flowers. It is a climber best suited to dry, open sites where its wandering stems can scramble over low plants.

Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loamy or clay soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to warm climates; frost tolerance limited, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. & S. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Convolvulus angustissimus commonly known as Australian bindweed, is a flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is a twining perennial with pink or white flowers and grows in Tasmania and mainland states of Australia.

Where it grows

Australian bindweed grows mostly on loamy or clay soils in woodlands or forests in all mainland states of Australia with the exception of the Northern Territory.

Other Convolvulus plants

Mallow bindweed · Field Bindweed · Convolvulus aschersonii · Cantabrian Bindweed · Desert Bindweed · Silverbush · Texas bindweed · Convolvulus erinaceus · Pinkflower bindweed · Wild Bindweed · Convolvulus fernandesii · Convolvulus fractosaxosus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Convolvulus angustissimus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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