Trumpet Vine / Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans // tagliabuana // grandiflora

 

 

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Flowers of Trumpet Vine

American Trumpet Vine C. radicans

 

Campsis radicans

Campsis radicans

 

Campsis tagliabuana

 

C. tagliabuana "Indian Summer"

Campsis tagliabuana "Indian Summer".

 

Trumpet Creeper - many photos

Trumpet Creeper C. radicans "Flava"

 

Camsis "Yellow Trumpet"

 

Campsis radicans

 

 

Adventitious roots

 

Campsis tagliabuana before the winter cut, with two vertical support wires

 

 

 

Trumpet vines are popular for their exotic flowers and vigorous growth habit.

 

Requirements

Prefers a warm, sunny to part-sunny Position, slightly sheltered from wind.  Deep soil rich in humus and with good water provision. Shade on the root zone is beneficial.

 

Growth and Leaves

Campsis tagliabuana 'Mme Galen' has a wide distribution and is a hybrid between two species. Hybridisation results differ remarkably in climbing behaviour and winter hardiness. Two parents: Campsis radicans, a frost resistant self-clinging climber with adhesive stem roots, from North America, and Campsis grandiflora, a less frost resistant shrub from Asia. Feathery leaves from May to October, yellow autumn colouring.

 

Flower and Fruit

Red and, more rarely, orange and yellow flowers in umbels from July until September. Often takes several years to start flowering. Long, bean-like seed pods.

 

Growth Support Systems

C. radicans often need growth supports to prevent them from collapsing, C. tagliabuana requires extensive support systems to attach the plant for shaping. For suitable wire rope systems see below. Light and Medium, but better Heavy Duty Growth Support Systems.

 

Pruning

No summer pruning, because the flowers appear at the end of the young shoots! 'Winter' pruning towards March, whereby all (side) shoots are trimmed back to approx. 4-10cm spurs and slender wood is removed.

 

 

 

Trumpet Vine

Trumpet Vine: The flowering self-clinging climber Campsis radicans

 

Trumpet Creeper

Trumpet Creeper: Flowering C. tagliabuana on a lofty trellis

 

C. radicans "Yellow Trumpet"

 

 

Campsis radicans (Poster)

 

Campsis unpruned

C. radicans, unpruned

 

Campsis radicans

 

facade greening with Campsis in autumn

Beginning of autumn colours

 

Autumn foliage

 

Campsis tagliabuana in winter, vertical tension cables to guide and attach the shoots.

 

 

 

 

 

C. radicans, seed pods

 

Trumpet Creeper

Trumpet vines on a growth support

 

C. radicans growing away from the espalier to 'go its own ways'

 

Campsis radicans

 

C. radicans after winter pruning

 

Pruning of Trumpet Vine

Vigorously cut back to very short spurs, similar to the spur pruning of grapevines

 

New shoots in spring

 

 

Suitable growth support systems for Trumpet Vines

Please click on the graphic illustrations !

 

 

 

 

 

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