Trumpet Vine (Trumpet Creeper)
Campsis radicans. BIGNONIACEAE.
Planting and Growing Trumpet Vine
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow trumpet vine in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of trumpet vine
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for trumpet vine
- Season of bloom and planting time for trumpet vine
- When, how deep, and where to plant trumpet vine
- How to plant trumpet vine
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of trumpet vine
- Landscape and container uses of trumpet vine
- Comments about trumpet vine and its features
Growing Trumpet Vine
Many cultivars and horticultural varieties of fast-growing, climbing, vining, woody, deciduous perennial vines, 30–40 ft. (9–12 m) long, with aerial rootlets. Opposite, shiny, green, divided, 9–11-lobed leaves, with textured, oval, toothed, veined leaflets, to 2‑1/2‑in. (63‑mm) long.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many showy, orange, scarlet, trumpet-shaped, flared flowers, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, in branching clusters, in summer.
Best Climates
Hardy. Zones 5–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Average. 6.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full to filtered sun, 4–6 ft. (1.2–1.8 m) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize quarterly. Tie to supports. Pinch, thin, prune in spring to control growth. Renew by cutting to soil. Propagate by cuttings, layering, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for arbors, fences, trellises, walls in cottage, formal, wildlife gardens. Attracts birds, hummingbirds. Pest and disease resistant. Tends to be invasive.
Warning:
Foliage and flowers of Campsis radicans may cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals. Wear gloves when pruning or tying vines.