This vigorous vine has stout woody twinning stems that use aerial roots for attachment and forms a dense cover. It has divided leaves with dark green oval leaflets and the orange to red trumpet-shaped flowers appear in a cluster during late summer.

Hardiness zones 4 to 10

Campsis radicansis naturally found in North America growing from Pennsylvania to Missouri and extending to Florida and Texas.

It prefers a fertile well drained moist soil in an open sunny position and is drought and frost tolerant.

The Trumpet Creeper is grown for its dense foliage coverage and its reliable colourful flowers. It is planted against walls or trained over trellises and wire fences for screening. It is also used as a spill-over above retaining walls and responds to pruning to thicken up. It establishes in 1 to 2 years and is grown in patio pots and planter boxes. ID 852

Campsis(KĂMP-sis) radicans(RAH-di-kănz)

Bignoniaceae(BIG-non-AY-see-ee)