| Description | Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) is a fast growing vine that can become invasive. The trumpet shaped flowers come in reds to golden yellow. |
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| Pronunciation | (KAMP-sis)(Rad-i-cans) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | occur in clusters as cymes or panicles, orange, rounded lobes |
| Fruit | long bean-like fruit (capsule) |
| Leaves | compound, green, pinnate compound, deciduous |
| Stems | twinning stems |
| Dimensions | forever |
| Maintenance | keeping to size, removal of suckering stems, will need a strong supporting structure |
| Propagation | digging root suckers |
| Native Site | Eastern United States |
| Misc Facts | Campsis from the Greek "kampe" something bent. Referring to the curved stamens of the flowers. "radicans refers to rooting stems. |
| Author's Notes | I just started growing this plant (a Campsis cultivar called Atomic Red) in the summer of 2014. By the end of 2015 it had one stem over 8 feet tall with another dozen or so shorted branches. Already starting to sucker from the base. When the stems get long I just wind them a turn or two on to the large trellis (8 feet tall by 12 feet wide) |
| Notes & Reference | #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths), #150- Armitage's Vines and Climbers (Alan Armitage) |
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