The Campsis radicansknown by the common name Trumpet Creeper, It is a very fast growing plant with such beautiful flowers that it can be used to cover pergolas, walls or walls. But not only that, but it also supports pruning very well, so it can also be potted and placed next to a small lattice on the balcony, which will cover flowers sooner than expected.
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Campsis radicans characteristics
Campsis rooting var. yellow
Our protagonist is a climbing plant whose species, Rooting in the fields (before Bignonia radicans) belongs to the botanical family Bignoniaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. It is characterized by having a rapid growth until it reaches 10 meters in height. The stem is woody and has abundant aerial roots that help to fixate.
The leaves are pinnate, with 9 to 11 leaflets, oblong to ovate, with serrated edges, pubescent and green. They behave as deciduous, that is, they fall off in autumn and sprout again in spring. Flowersundoubtedly its main attraction, sprout from summer to fall and they are grouped in inflorescences in the shape of a red or yellow trumpet (the variety »Flava»).
How do you take care of yourself?
The Campsis radicans it is a plant suitable for beginners. In fact, you just have to take into account the following:
- Location: outdoors, in full sun or in semi-shade.
- Soil or substrate: it is not demanding, but it is important that it has good drainage.
- Subscriber: in spring and summer it can be fertilized with a universal fertilizer for flowering plants, or with guano in liquid form. The instructions specified on the packaging must be followed.
- Planting or transplanting time: in spring, when the risk of frost has passed.
- Pruning: the stems that have given flower at the end of winter and the withered flowers must be removed.
- Multiplication: by cuttings of hard or soft wood in autumn, seeds by stratification, or by angled of stems in spring.
- Rusticity: supports frosts down to -5ºC.
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