trefle.io · Taken Apr 29, 2020 by Daniel champaloux (cc-by-sa)
Bignoniaceae
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Also known as Trumpet flower, Anisostichus capreolata, Batocydia capreolata, Bignonia capreolata
Native Plants · Native · Vine · Trumpet-Flowers · Orange · Climber · Hummingbird · Tendrils · Spring-Blooming · Drought-Tolerant · Crossvine
This vigorous native vine produces spectacular orange-red trumpet flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It climbs using tendrils and can quickly cover fences, trellises, or arbors with minimal care. Once established, it's quite drought tolerant and blooms reliably each spring.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply then allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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