Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Vines
Trumpet vine is an extremely tough and adaptable deciduous vine. Its orange-red, trumpet shaped flowers create a showy display mid-Summer.
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Campsis radicans Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Campsis radicans |
| Common Name: | trumpet creeper trumpet vine |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | screens, arbors, trellises, etc. |
| Characteristics | |
| Plant Form: | vine that will attain size of structure it is grown upon |
| Foliage: | opposite, deciduous, and pinnately compound leaflets have serrated margins |
| Flower: | perfect, orange-red corolla, trumpet shaped flower |
| Bloom Period: | mid-Summer |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Environment | |
| Water: | drought-tolerant |
| Soil: | tolerates alkaline soil |
| USDA Zone: | zones 4 - 9 |
| Additional Notes: | very adaptable plant that can tolerate salt, drought, alkaline soils, etc. |
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