Bignonia Capreolata

Botanical Name:

Bignonia capreolata

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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Partial Sun - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Moist, well-drained, acidic or calcareous soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay.
Cold Tolerant
yes
Characteristics

Bloom Time

Mar, Apr, May

Plant Type

Climbers, Native Plant, Vine, Glabrous or subglabrous climber.

Lifespan

Perennial, Woody

Plant Height

36-72 ft.

Flower

The flowers bloom in late winter to early spring on new wood in clusters of 2 to 5 flowers. The flower color can range from orange and yellow to a reddish-orange color., Flowers in clusters of 1–3 on short-shoots in leaf axils., Flowers 2 inches long., Bloom can be brick red with yellow throats, yellow with brick red throats, some other combination of those two colors, or completely brick red.

Fruit

greenish, pods (to 7” long) which mature in late summer and persist into fall, Fruit ± 19 cm long (only one seen), linear, compressed., Brown 4 to 8 inch pods

Benefits
Ornamental

An evergreen vine with glossy leaves and showy, two-tone, trumpet flowers.

Attracts

Hummingbirds

Taxonomy

Order

Scrophulariales

Family

Bignoniaceae

Genus

Bignonia