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Campsis radicans |
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Trumpet Creeper |
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Southeastern United States |
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A vigorous shrubby vine |
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Climbing to 30 feet or more by means
of aerial rootlets. |
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Flowers are reddish-orange, trumpet-shaped, 2˝-3˝ inches long, bone in terminal
clusters of 4-12,very
showy. |
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July-September |
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Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound with
9-11 leaflets, each being 1-2˝ inches long,
ovate to elliptic, with a tapering apex and a
truncate to wedge-shaped base, often lopsided,
coarsely toothed, bright green in color. |
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Fall color is yellowish green. |
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Bark is exfoliating, shreddy. |
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Fruit is an elongated cylindrical capsule, 4-10
inches long, ripening from August-October and
persisting. |
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- 'Flava' - pure yellow flowers - leaves
are opposite and compound, with 9-11
leaflets, each being 11-24 inches long - can
send runners underground and send up new
plants at quite a distance from the main
vine.
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