BIGNONIA VENUSTA

SKU: BIVE

Price: $3.95

Also known as Flaming Trumpet, this is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen woody vine that blooms in winter and spring with spectacular reddish-orange flowers. The compound leaves have two or three 2-3 in oval leaflets and are arranged in pairs opposite each other on the stem. Often, the center leaflet is modified into a coiled, three-parted tendril.
The trumpet vine branches profusely and climbs by clinging with its tendrils. The tubular flowers are about 3 inches long and borne in clusters of 15-20 at the tips of branches. The flower clusters may hang down under the weight of their own beauty. Fruits are slender dry capsules about 1 foot long. Flaming trumpet is native to southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay.
Little to moderate water, needs good drainage; full sun. Cut down after the vine has finished blooming. Zones 9-11