Botanical Name: Campsis radicans
Common Name: Common trumpet creeper
Type of Plant: dicot: vine
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape vigorous, clambering vine, growing up walls, fences, trellises, tree trunks, etc. by means of adventitious, aerial rootlets
Height 20-40' +
Spread equal +
Growth Rate very rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil prefers moist, rich soils, tolerates most
Hardiness hardy, best in warm, humid habitats (zones 1-23)
 
Morphology:
Leaves odd pinnately compound, opposite, 8-16" long, 9-11 oval leaflets, 2-3" long, coarsely dentate-toothed
Flowers orange, narrowly trumpet shaped, 2-3" long, loose, terminal or axillary clusters– July through September
Fruit elongate capsule, 3-4" long
 
Propagation:
seed, semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
very fast growing vine for its late summer display of flowers, used on arbors, to hide fences or unattractive walls; aggressive, invasive; can overwhelm structures and fences
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular watering; will tolerate drought
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning periodically head back to keep in bounds – thin out
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Eastern United States
Family: Bignoniaceae

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