Name that Species

ViciousBenji

I'm not too sure if all of you have these particular shrubs around, or if it's just Aussies, but here it goes anyway. Oh, I have been looking all afternoon online to try and find the name, no luck so I came here.

We have these "shrubs" that grow mainly along the fence lines; most certainly climbers by the way they spread along the tops of the fence line. The trunks are usually very knobby and gnarled, while the "vines" themselves go all over the place and have these white flowers.
The flowers themselves come out in a dome like shape, approximately 9 white trumpet like flowers per dome, and don't really seem to have much scent to them.
If you cut one of these suckers right back, it's guaranteed they'll grow back quicker than most weeds. The bark is various shades of grey, the leaves themselves are dark green and very waxy looking. The ones that are outside my window at the moment look like they've just finished their final flowering.

We also have another climber, no flowers, but the leaves are a varigated green,dark green, and white. Much like the one mentioned above, I cut this back to a nub at the start of the summer, it's now back up and well on it's way over the fence line.

The only reason I'm asking is because I believe they would make interesting test subjects; the trunks are unreal, and as climbers, they might turn into unique cascade styles.

*sorry no pics...no battery in the digi!*

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