Campsis radicans - Common trumpet creeper

Common trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) is a vigorous, self-clinging deciduous climbing vine native to southeastern North America.¹ It is grown for its showy orange-red trumpet flowers and as a sunny ground cover, but can become invasive outside its native range.¹ It climbs up to 12 m,¹ with a spread of 2.5-4 m.²

Inputs

• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Vine
• Deciduous

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹
• Ground cover¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	up to 12
Diameter (m)	2.5-4

Footnotes

1. Campsis radicans | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

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