Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum.

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

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'Campsis grandiflora' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/campsis/campsis-grandiflora/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Genus

Synonyms

  • Bignonia grandiflora Thunb.
  • Tecoma grandiflora (Thunb.) Loisel.
  • C. chinensis (Lam.) Voss
  • Bignonia chinensis Lam.

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
hybrid
Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).
inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
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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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Campsis grandiflora' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/campsis/campsis-grandiflora/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A deciduous climber 20 to 30 or more ft high; stems glabrous. Leaves pinnate, composed of seven or nine leaflets, which are ovate, 112 to 3 in. long, about half as wide, long-pointed, coarsely toothed, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers in terminal, pendulous panicles of six or twelve, produced at the end of the current season’s growth in August and later. Corolla deep orange and red, widely trumpet-mouthed, narrowing to a funnel-shaped tube; 2 to 3 in. long and wide, with five broad, rounded lobes. Calyx 114 in. long, bell-shaped, with five slender lance-shaped lobes 12 in. long. Bot. Mag., t. 1398.

Native of China, long cultivated in Japan; introduced in 1800. Even more gorgeous than C. radicans, it is, unfortunately, not so hardy. It must have a sheltered sunny wall, and even there does not with us produce so wonderful a display as it does on the continent. It is easily distinguished from the better-known radicans by the panicled inflorescence, the broader mouth of the corolla, glabrous leaves, and the much more deeply lobed calyx.

From the Supplement (Vol. V)

The statement at the bottom of page 488 about the cultural needs of this species is also true of its more desirable hybrid ‘Mme Galen’. And not only does it need the sunniest wall but also plenty of room. It is not a climber that can be left to look after itself: the growths of young plants should be carefully spaced and tied in.


'Thunbergii'

Tube of corolla shorter, and the lobes more reflexed; perhaps hardier. Introduced by Siebold in 1856 as Tecoma thunbergii; figured under that name in Flore des Serres, Vol. 12, p. 181, and described by Carrière in Rev. Hort., 1876, p. 440.