Campsis Orangeade - Trumpet Vine

The Orangeade Trumpet Vine, also known as Campsis x tagliabuana Orangeade, is a recent French creation that is original and elegant, blossoming from a young age, from May to September, with beautiful red-orange trumpets marbled with pale orange. Its deciduous foliage takes on a lovely, bright green color that forms a true backdrop for its flowering. It clings to its support with its branches equipped with climbing roots. It is not demanding in terms of soil type, requires little water, and is very hardy, thriving in full sun or partial shade in a warm climate.

The Campsis x tagliabuana is a plant from the Bignoniaceae family, resulting from the cross-breeding between Campsis radicans, native to the hot and dry regions of the southeastern United States, and Campsis grandiflora, native to China. Recently obtained by a French nursery, the Orangeade 'Tracamp' trumpet vine is a deciduous liana with a woody stump that produces underground stolons. It has rapid growth and can reach a height of 5 to 8 meters (16 to 26 feet) in just a few years. The abundant flowering occurs from the first years of cultivation. It is very spread out, starting in June and continuing until September-October. The flowers bloom in the axils of the leaves, in dense clusters of 4 to 12 trumpets, 5 cm (2in) long, with 5 lobes. Each flower is different, but they are all variegated with red-orange and pale orange, sometimes favoring red and sometimes pastel orange. The deciduous foliage is composed of leaves divided into 7 to 11 ovate leaflets with serrated edges. It is the branches with climbing roots that allow the plant to cling to its support.

The Campsis x tagliabuana Orangeade can be used anywhere, to cover a wall protected from cold winds, an unsightly building, an exposed facade, a fence, or an old wall. This plant can withstand temperatures as low as -15°C/-20°C (-4°F) and must be protected from strong winds that could cause its branches to bend. This is its only requirement and perhaps its only weakness, as it can grow in any ordinary but well-draining soil, even occasionally dry or slightly chalky, without hindering its joyful flowering. You can associate it, for example, with other original climbing plants such as Actinidia kolomikta, Clematis Black Tea, or Clematis H F Young, which is very blue, to create a scene full of colors.