trumpet honeysuckle
Campsis radicans
RHS Plants for Pollinators; MBG Plant of Merit 2007
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size25 to 40 feet tall5 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange, scarlet
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Trumpet honeysuckle (Campsis radicans) is a vine for borders, pollinator gardens, and xeriscapes. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Its orange to scarlet flowers draw hummingbirds and bees. Deer tend to pass it by. It spreads fast by suckers and aerial rootlets, so plant it near concrete or where you can mow the suckers.
Pairs well with Morning glory, Tall fescue, and Moonshine yarrow.
Native range
North America, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.