Trumpet Vine
- Botanical Name
- Campsis radicans
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 20 to 40 feet
- Width
- 5 to 10 feet
- Flowers
- July thru frost: oranges, scarlet, yellows
- Fruit
- 3-5" pea pod like capsule containing 2-winged flattened seeds
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Adaptable to most except wet
- Planting & Care
- Very easy to grow
- Avoid excessive shade and high nitrogen fertilizers around or near which prevent flowering
- Provide extra support when growing vertically
- Late to leaf out
- Plant bare-root trumpet vines in the early spring before new growth begins
- Plant container grown plants any time during the growing season
- Prune yearly in late winter to early spring to control size
- Problems
- Suckering, aggressive growth can be invasive
- Varieties
- Apricot - apricot yellow flowers
- Crimson Trumpet - velvet red flowers
- Flava - yellow to orange-yellow flowers
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