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Campsis

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Campsis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/campsis/). Accessed 2024-11-09.

Family

  • Bignoniaceae

Glossary

included
(botanical) Contained within another part or organ.
imparipinnate
Odd-pinnate; (of a compound leaf) with a central rachis and an uneven number of leaflets due to the presence of a terminal leaflet. (Cf. paripinnate.)

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Campsis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/campsis/). Accessed 2024-11-09.

A genus of two climbing species, one N. American, the other E. Asiatic, both hardy and both beautiful. They have been included in Tecoma, but as now understood, that genus is confined to the warmer parts of Central and S. America. The pinnate leaves are opposite, the flowers large trumpet-shaped, coloured in rich shades of orange and scarlet. They should be planted against a sunny wall, C. grandiflora especially, and given a good loamy soil. C. radicans will cling of itself to walls or tree-trunks, but it is best to give additional support by nailing. When the allotted space is filled, both species should be pruned annually just as vines are pruned, i.e. cut back to within a few buds of the old wood. Except on rare occasions neither ripens seed in this country, but they can be propagated by cuttings in mist, or by layers.