Campsis grandiflora
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- KAMP-sis gran-dih-FLOR-uh
- Description
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Deciduous vine climbing by aerial or adventitious rootlets. Large, deep orange to red flowers, July to frost; less aggressive than C. radicans. This plant is mildly resistant to damage by deer. Needs support; partly twining; few aerial roots.
Quick ID Hints:
- Vine with pinnately compound leaves
- Leaflets coarsely tooth
- Flowers orange, trumpet-shaped, yellow within
- Fruits pendulous, bean-like follicles
Rootlets less abundant than C. radicans; plants in trade are probably Campsis x tagliabuana, a hybrid between this species and C. radicans; remove spent flowers to avoid fruit and stimulate new flower growth. .
Soil and salt tolerant; fast growth rate; no serious pest-disease problems.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat)
- Thunbergii
- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat)
- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat), Thunbergii
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat)
- Thunbergii
- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat)
- Morning Calm (coral flowers with a yellow throat), Thunbergii
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Campsis
- Species:
- grandiflora
- Family:
- Bignoniaceae
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Eastern China to Japan
- Climbing Method:
- Twining
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Vine
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Climbing
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a, 9b, 9a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Follicle
- Fruit Description:
- Are elongate, pendulous, bean-like follicles.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Pink
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Panicle
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Winter
- Flower Description:
- In a terminal panicle with 6-8 elongate trumpet flowers. Orange to red, zygomorphic; calyx 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate; corolla an elongated trumpet-shaped tube, rich orange outside, yellow within, to 3" long x 1" diam., lobes 2-lipped, broad, obtuse, rich yellow.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Oblong
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Opposite, pinnately compound, glabrous, 7-9 leaflets; leaflets elliptic to ovate-oblong, acute, cuneate to subrotund, coarsely serrate.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Attracts:
- Hummingbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
