5 Trumpet Vines: The Most Beautiful Varieties
The five most spectacular trumpet vine varieties
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The trumpet creepers or Campsis are climbing plants that produce beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers whose size, colours, and abundance can vary from one species to another. Belonging to the family Bignoniaceae, trumpet creepers also offer lush foliage that forms a stunning backdrop to their magnificent flowering.
There are numerous varieties of trumpet creepers with enchanting flowering. However, a few of them stand out particularly for their flowers and foliage.
Here is our selection of the 5 most beautiful varieties of trumpet creepers that can be grown in France.
Campsis grandiflora: the most beautiful trumpet vine with large flowers
Campsis grandiflora, also known as trumpet vine, is a stunning Chinese species offering a particularly spectacular summer flowering. The flowering takes the form of large pendulous panicles, lasting for at least 3 months, from late summer to early autumn. The flowers themselves, large flared trumpets 10 cm in diameter, display a vermilion colour. Reaching heights of 6 to 8 m in all directions, Campsis grandiflora features a bushy habit and beautifully cut green foliage that highlights the flowering, making it perfect for covering a wall, facade, or even an unsightly building.
Campsis grandiflora
The trumpet vine is a relatively cold-tolerant plant, capable of withstanding frosts down to -15°C for short periods. Low-maintenance, it adapts to all ordinary soils, provided they are well-drained. Campsis grandiflora needs to be trained and placed in a sheltered position from the wind.
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Choosing a trumpet vineCampsis radicans ‘Stromboli’: a Virginia trumpet vine with early intense red flowers
Campsis radicans ‘Stromboli’, or Virginia trumpet vine, is a climbing plant that produces clusters of stunning fiery flowers. The early flowering of this variety occurs as early as July and lasts throughout the summer. The flowers, shaped like long trumpets measuring 5 cm, display an astonishing blood-red colour and arrange themselves in cymes of 4 to 12 blooms. Campsis radicans ‘Stromboli’ also offers finely cut and dentate foliage that perfectly complements the intense red of the flower clusters. This deciduous foliage takes on a beautiful golden-yellow hue in autumn.
Campsis radicans ‘Stromboli’ © jacinta lluch valero – Flickr
Hardy down to -15°C, the Virginia trumpet vine is a water-wise plant with low cultivation requirements. It can be grown outdoors throughout the country, provided it is planted in full sun. With its moderate growth, it fits easily into modest-sized gardens or can be grown in a large pot to enhance terraces and balconies.
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Campsis tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz Gold’: a bignonia with very bright flowering and foliage
Campsis tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz Gold’ is a recent variety of trumpet vine that can reach a maximum height of 3 metres. Its flowering occurs from July to September, covering almost the entire height of the plant and forming large clusters of 30 cm, containing up to 60 flowers. The flowers are shaped like large trumpets measuring 7 to 8 cm, with a surprising golden yellow colour veined with blood orange at the throat. ‘Summer Jazz Gold’ also stands out from other varieties due to its foliage with long, bright green and finely divided leaves, which turn a golden and particularly bright colour in autumn.
Campsis tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz Gold’
Campsis tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz Gold’ is a hybrid selected for its particularly compact growth, allowing it to be cultivated in small spaces. This trumpet vine is ideal for pot cultivation and for decorating sunny (or partially shaded in the south of France) terraces and balconies. Although it is not demanding regarding the nature of the substrate, ‘Summer Jazz Gold’ is sensitive to heavy and poorly drained soils that promote stagnant moisture.
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Bignonia: planting, pruning, propagatingCampsis tagliabuana 'Madame Galen': a beautiful climbing plant with warm, vibrant panicles.
The Campsis tagliabuana ‘Madame Galen’ is a splendid climbing plant with summer flowering, abundant, spectacular, and long-lasting blooms. It flowers quite quickly between July and September, producing ample, loose panicles made up of large 7 cm trumpet-shaped flowers. The flowers offer an orange hue leaning towards red, both warm and bright, particularly radiant in the sun. The ‘Madame Galen’ bignonia is also a very bushy variety, capable of reaching 10 m in all directions, and produces finely dissected, very bright light green foliage, which forms a magnificent backdrop for the flowering.
Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Madame Galen’© Wendy Cutler
This hybrid bignonia is vigorous and very hardy, capable of withstanding negative temperatures down to -20°C. It can therefore be grown outdoors throughout the country. Low-maintenance, ‘Madame Galen’ particularly thrives in full sun or partial shade, and is quite drought-resistant when grown in deep soil.
Campsis x tagliabuana Orangeade® 'Tracamp': an original and elegant flowering trumpet vine
The trumpet vine ‘Orangeade’ is a particularly original and elegant variety that produces abundant flowering from the first years of cultivation. A very spreading flowering can begin as early as June and last until early autumn, around September-October. The flowers Campsis x tagliabuana Orangeade ‘Tracamp’ are located in the axil of the leaves and form dense clusters of 4 to 12 trumpets, 5 cm long, variegated in red-orange and pale orange. It is worth noting that each of its flowers is different from the others, sometimes favouring red, sometimes pastel orange. The foliage is deciduous and offers a beautiful bright light green colour that highlights the flowering.
Campsis x tagliabuana Orangeade ‘Tracamp’
The trumpet vine ‘Orangeade’ is a low-maintenance variety regarding both soil type and water requirements. Hardy between -15°C and -20°C (depending on growing conditions), it can be grown outdoors everywhere and particularly enjoys a sunny location or partial shade in warm climates. However, be careful to protect it from strong winds, which can flatten its branches.
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