Clematis: trumpet vine that grows and grows but never flowers, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Doss, you are right about Campsis radicans. I'm not growing it here for that reason. I did instead opt for Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine. There is a cultivar of B. capreolata called Tangerine Beauty, and it is gorgeous.

Your picture of Campsis grandiflora "Morning Calm" is gorgeous also. I did an Internet search for you and found it here: http://www.sunlightgardens.com/blist.html?find=hummingbird and here: http://nativeplants.net/catalog/vines.html if you need to order it online. I've noticed that the local nurseries I've visited don't seem to carry Campsis vines -- perhaps because of its invasiveness. I have found other ones here though like the lavender trumpet vine, Clytostoma callistegioides, and Blood Red Trumpet Vine, Distictis buccinatoria. Those two can be found at Home Depot.

This is my B. capreolata from last year, which is just starting to bloom now again.


Edited to fix accidental repeated phrase!

This message was edited Jan 28, 2005 1:20 PM