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Climbing and scrambling plants

The following list of climbers and scrambling plants can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:

Carmichaelia kirkii

Carmichaelia kirkii

Common name: Climbing broom, Kirk’s broom

Family: Fabaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Clematis afoliata

Clematis afoliata

Common name: leafless clematis

Family: Ranunculaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Clematis foetida

Clematis foetida

Common name: clematis

Family: Ranunculaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Clematis marmoraria

Clematis marmoraria

Common name: North-west Nelson marble clematis

Family: Ranunculaceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable

Clematis paniculata

Clematis paniculata

Common name: white clematis, puawananga

Family: Ranunculaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Helichrysum dimorphum

Helichrysum dimorphum

Common name: everlasting daisy

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered

Icarus filiformis

Icarus filiformis

Common name: thread fern, climbing hard fern

Family: Blechnaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Parsonsia capsularis var. capsularis

Parsonsia capsularis var. capsularis

Common name: New Zealand jasmine, small flowered jasmine

Family: Apocynaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Parsonsia heterophylla

Parsonsia heterophylla

Common name: New Zealand jasmine

Family: Apocynaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Rubus cissoides

Rubus cissoides

Common name: tātarāmoa, bush lawyer

Family: Rosaceae

Status: Not Threatened

Tetragonia trigyna

Tetragonia trigyna

Common name: native spinach

Family: Aizoaceae

Status: Not Threatened

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