Orange Trumpet Creeper Vine

Orange trumpet vine pyrostegia venusta is one of the most spectacular winter flowering climbers you can find and is sometimes called the flame vine.

Trumpet excerpt list. Flamenco produces orange flowers grows 20 to 30 tall and is hardy in zones 4 to 10. Water regularly the first season planted to establish. The beautiful tubular flowers range in color from yellow to orange or red.

Flowers are tube shaped in terminal clusters 5 lobed to 3 inches long orange red orange rarely all red. After the flowers six inch long seed pods appear. Trumpet creeper is an aggressive native woody vine with aerial rootlets on stems that become woody with age.

For gardeners willing to control it trumpet vine can provide quick cover for fences arbors trellises walls and other structures. Also called hummingbird vine orange trumpet creeper is a reliable bloomer and fast growing vine once established. Leaves turn yellow in fall.

Clusters of trumpet shaped yellow orange or red flowers up to three inches long appear from june to september. You will find that growing orange trumpet vine is very easy even in pots. Trumpet vine plant the trumpet vine flower is great for attracting hummingbirds to the landscape.

Blooming on the trumpet vine plant takes place throughout summer and into fall though blooming may be limited for those planted in shady locations. Campsis radicans the trumpet vine or trumpet creeper also known in north america as cow itch vine or hummingbird vine is a species of flowering plant of the family bignoniaceae native to the eastern united states and extreme southern ontario and naturalized in parts of the western united states as well as in ontario and southern quebec parts of europe and scattered locations in latin america. This vigorous twining climber comes from south america and is well suited to australian soils and climate.

Propagation steps of orange trumpet vine based on my experiences container gardening below are the instructions to grow orange trumpet vine by stem cutting. Prune your trumpet creeper plants annually in late winter. If you want to make a statement in your winter garden then this is the plant for you.

Native to the eastern united states and now escaped to the west trumpet vine campsis radicans gets its name from clusters of showy red orange trumpet shaped 3 inch blooms that appear from early summer to fall. The orange trumpet creeper is a south american native which puts on a spectacular display of brilliant orange flowers from winter through to spring. Hummingbirds swarm to the tubular blossoms so to make the birdies happy everyone should plant this vine right.

Start propagating the orange vine in early morning or evening.