Real World Gardener Sweet Morinda in Plant of the Week

PLANT OF THE WEEK <p style="font-weight:400;">Sweet Morinda</p> <p>You most probably know Australian climbing plants and would immediately think of Bower or Wonga wonga vine, either Pandorea jasminoides or Pandorea pandorana, </p> <p>Very tropical looking climbers that suit all sorts of conditions around Australia.</p> <p>But there’s some many more Australian native climbers that would suit our backyards and here’s one of them.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Common Name: Sweet Morinda</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Scientific name: Gynochthodes jasminoides syn. Morinda jasminoides</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Family: Rubiaceae</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Habit: scrambling climber to 6m. Adrian uses it to screen some ugly buildings.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">What's in a name?</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Morinda    Latin morus = mulberry and indicus = indian (referring to it being like an Indian Mulberry)</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">jasminoides   From the plant being Jasmine-likeThis pant is a native creeper found in eucalypt and rainforests along the east coast, across to Western Australia.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">You most probably know Australian climbing plants and would immediately think of Bower or Wonga wonga vine, either Pandorea jasminoides or Pandorea pandorana, Very tropical looking climbers that suit all sorts of conditions around Australia.<a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjRcYoS67jY/Xv1R2fhHsgI/AAAAAAAAiSE/q9NPstrXCVQTpYxTXY-w3UHblskbZVB3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Sweet_Morinda%2B1.jpg'></a></p> <p style="font-weight:400;">But there’s some many more Australian native climbers that would suit our backyards and here’s one of them.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">I'm talking with Adrian O’Malley, qualified horticulturist and native plant expert.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">.Let’s find out…</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Let’s just call it sweet Morinda or Morinda jasminoides.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Not overly floriferous but the flower