Weed library - Rubber Vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)


Rubber Vine is a highly invasive weed forming dense stands as a woody shrub or a climber.

It produces slight glossy, dark green leaves with flowers found at the branchlet ends. 

The flowers are trumpet shaped with 5 petals ranging in colour from white to light purple to pink.

Source: NSW Weed Wise 2022, NSW Weed Wise, NSW Department of Primary Industries, accessed 7 January 2022, <https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Rubbervine>.

Herbicide Control Options

Step 1. Select your situation

Control Tips

Gusto Woody and Noxious Weed Herbicide is registered to control Rubber Vine

When using Gusto in a hand gun application:


  • Spray all leaves and stems just to the point of runoff and thoroughly spray the base of the plant
  • With larger, more dense stands regrowth may occur. Subsequent control of any regrowth should be done by basal bark spraying
  • Spray actively growing plants

  • DO NOT spray plants infected with rust
  • DO NOT spray when the plant is stressed (i.e. Drought, physical damage, insect damage etc)

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