Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
Care, watering, light and tips for Trumpet vine on Floravia.
Quick facts
- Family: Bignoniaceae
- Difficulty: Easy to care for
- Watering: every 4 days
- Light: Partial shade
- Temperature: 10–30 °C
- Toxicity: Toxic to pets
About Trumpet vine
Campsis radicans, commonly known as Trumpet Vine or Trumpet Creeper, is a vigorous deciduous climbing plant native to the southeastern United States, famous for its showy, trumpet-shaped orange or red flowers. It's ideal for covering pergolas, walls, or fences, adding an exotic and vibrant touch to the garden during summer. Its rapid growth and abundant blooms make it a spectacular focal point in sunny landscapes.
Native range
Southeastern and central United States
Care tips
It requires full sun for optimal flowering, though it tolerates partial shade. Watering should be regular in warm months, especially during establishment, but once mature, it's quite drought-tolerant. It prefers well-drained, fertile, and slightly acidic soils, and it's crucial to provide strong support due to its vigorous, climbing nature. A common mistake is underestimating its invasive growth; annual pruning is recommended to control its size and prevent it from smothering other plants or structures.
How to save a dying Trumpet vine
- Warning signs
- Yellowing or browning leaves, wilting, no blooms, slow or stunted growth.
- First aid
- Check watering (moist but not waterlogged soil), prune dead branches, consider repotting if drainage is poor.
- What kills it
- Overwatering in heavy soils, lack of maintenance pruning, too much shade.
- Can it be saved?
- Yes! It's a tough plant. With proper drainage and pruning, it will recover.