![]() In the garden it can grow rapidly up a tree, cover a trellis, pergola, fence, wall or a large rock and performs well in just about any soil condition. This is a showy vine that is attractive to hummingbirds. It is cold hardy to below degrees F and remains mostly evergreen in mild climates. Water regularly to occasionally when actively growing in the warmer months for best results but this plant can also tolerate wet soils or infrequent irrigation once well established. Plant is sun or shade though it flowers best in full to part sun. The flowers, clustered at the leaf axils, are 2 inches long with yellow throats surrounded by tangerine-colored tubes. In late spring it provides a floral show with an abundance of trumpet-shaped tangerine-colored blooms followed by sporadic flowering summer into fall. It has opposite pairs of leaves that are themselves composed of a pair of 3 to 5 inch long by 1 to 2 inch wide leaflets with a tendril emerging between that is branched with clawed tips that can twist around or clasp narrow or rough objects and even adhere to flat surfaces with the tendril tips becoming adhesive disks, allowing this vine to adhere to nearly any surface. Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needsīignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' (Cross Vine) - Easy to grow semi-evergreen woody vine that typically grows as high as it has support up to 10 to 20 feet high and has been known to reach 30 feet. Products > Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'īignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' - Cross Vine If this document didn’t answer your questions, please contact HGIC at or 1-88.Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' at San Marcos Growers For more information on vines for the home landscape, please see HGIC 1101, Vine Selection for Landscaping. Cutting should be ready to plant into the ground in the early fall.Ĭrossvines are a very attractive nectar source for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Place the container in the shade outdoors, and fertilize and water during the summer months. Cover the pot and cutting with a plastic bag to keep the soil moist until roots have formed. Dip the moistened lower end into a rooting hormone containing IBA (such as Miracle-Gro Rooting Hormone), and insert the cutting 2 inches deep into a well-drained potting soil. Take stem sections that are 6 to 8 inches long and remove most of the leaves except those at the upper end. ![]() The flower color is a very nice compliment to the dark brown of this Tudor style house trim.Ĭuttings root easily from the current year’s growth taken in May or June. Here a crossvine ( Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’) is trellised onto a garage entrance. This cultivar is heavy flowering, even in just partial sunlight. It has beautiful orange petals with a bright yellow throat. There are a few improved cultivars of crossvines on the market, but the most common is ‘Tangerine Beauty’. ![]() These vines do make suckers that grow out into the landscape, so one needs to be ready to pull or cut the rampant growth. These vines are self-clinging, incredibly fast growing, and flower well in both full sun to part shade. Although most of the flowers may be produced high up in deciduous trees, after they bloom, the landscape becomes covered with their shed yellow- and mahogany-colored flowers.Ĭrossvines are evergreen to semi-evergreen native woody vines that are related to trumpet creepers. I always look forward to our crossvines ( Bignonia capreolata) flowering every spring. Joey Williamson, ©2020 HGIC, Clemson Extension Its flowers are produced in early April and may appear high up in the trees where the vines receive more sunlight. This native crossvine ( Bignonia capreolata) climbed rapidly up a sweet gum tree.
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