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Scientific Name
Billardiera longiflora
Family Name
PITTOSPORACEAE
Common Name
Climbing Blueberry
Status
Height
Flowers
Tubular, green-yellow, fairly showy, up to 2.5cm long.
Fruit
Berries or drupes
Form
Slender undershrub with stems twining, to vigorous open climber.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland; Riparian; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Quite common , climbing in the shrubby understorey of all but the driest forest communities.
Site Tolerance
Moist; Rocky; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Loam; Poor; Well-drained
General Notes
If planting in the home garden support on trellis or dead branch/shrub as this plant will eventually strangle and kill its supportive "host'. Not suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Blue berry but, rarely, white on mt. wellington. up to 12 seeds per fruit. seed is dark brown or maroon when ripe. dry capsules then split to remove seeds
Seed Treatment Method
Cold
Seed Storage Life
1-2 years
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Seed germinates much better after stratifying @ 4o C for 6-8 weeks. Remove the seed from the fruit and wash in detergent to clean. Generally germinates in the second year after sowing. Use of soil from under the parent plant may improve results.
Germination Time
8-10 weeks
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
May be propagated from cuttings.
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