Campsis radicans

trumpet-vine, trumpet creeper

Bignoniaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

vine

Size:

Climbing to 50-60 ft. 

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

orange,red

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Deciduous (north) to evergreen (south). Blooms in spring and summer.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Plant this vine where it has support and where its showy flowers are visible. Climbs with aerial roots which can damage brick and stucco, so best allowed to climb trees, poles, trellises and similar structures.

Considerations:

This is a fast growing vine. It also layers and suckers. These characteristics can make it weedy. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets, which can damage wood, stone, and brick.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Clay, Loam

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Hummingbirds

Larval host for the plebeian sphinx ( Paratraea plebeja ) moth.

Very attractive to hummingbirds which are its primary pollinators. 

Native Habitats:

Dry-moist sites. Riverine forests, mesic & dry mesic hammock especially where disturbed.