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Products > Pandorea pandorana 'Delicado'   Pandorea pandorana 'Delicado' - Fineleaf Wonga Wonga Vine     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Vine Family: Bignoniaceae (Bignonias) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Cream & Red Bloomtime: Spring Height: Climbing (Vine) Width: Spreading Exposure: Sun or Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Pandorea pandorana 'Delicado' (Fineleaf Wonga Wonga Vine) – An evergreen fine textured vine with small dark green divided leaves that are bronze tinged when first emerging. The ¾ inch wide tubular cream colored flowers with flared petals and reddish-brown markings on the interior looking like small foxgloves that are held on pendulous sprays over a long period from early spring. A nice delicate vine for covering a fence or on a trellis. Will grow in sun or shade but flowers best with at least part day sun. Give occasional garden irrigation. Hardy to 25 F. We believe we got this plant mistagged Podranea brycei at a Huntington Garden Plant sale in the 1980s and was later planted on a fence in the nursery garden. It was a bit of a mystery for years until we found a painting of it in Patricia Weare's book A Collection of Australian Wildflower Illustrations described as the variable western strain of Pandorea pandorana. To distinguish it from other Wonga Wonga vines in the nursery trade, including the yellow flowering cultivar Pandorea pandorana 'Golden Showers' that we also grow, we had dubbed this plant 'Delicado' for its delicate foliage.  The information on this page is based on research conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from online sources, and from observations made of the crops growing in our nursery, plants in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Pandorea pandorana 'Delicado'.     [MORE INFO]