Campsis radicans
Campsis radicans
4th September 2021
Campsis radicans
The trumpet vine or trumpet creeper is native to the eastern United States - it is a vigorous, deciduous shrub which can climb to 10m using aerial roots to cling to warm, south-facing walls. It produces huge numbers of tendrils that grab onto every available surface, and eventually expand into heavy woody stems several centimetres thick. It is late into leaf in the spring, producing bright green pinnate leaves and in late summer showy orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers.