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Fabaceae
Purple Coral Pea
Hardenbergia violacea
Loyal devotion.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hardenbergia
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- vine
- Height
- 6-10 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- It's also called 'happy wanderer' and is one of the most popular Australian native vines worldwide.
- Tiny pea-shaped purple flowers cover the vine in late winter, before most other plants begin blooming.
- Like all legumes, it fixes nitrogen in the soil, improving conditions for nearby plants.
- It was named after Countess Franziska von Hardenberg, an early 19th-century Austrian botanist patron.
- The leathery leaves stay green year-round, making it useful for screening fences in mild climates.
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Australian spirit