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Bignonia capreolata

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Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' (Cross Vine) - Easy to grow vine that provides abundant tangerine colored blooms in late spring with sporadic bloom through summer and into fall.

 


Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' is a woody vine or shrub is commonly grown on trelliswork or walls and grows to an average height of 10 to 20 feet, but can reach up to 30'.

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USDA Plants Database
Bignonia capreolata is native to North America.

#140 Bignonia capreolata
Common Names: cross vine, trumpet-flower
Family: Bignoniaceae (bignonia Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (11 images) ...

Bignoniaceae / Bignonias Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata)
Plant Type: This is a vine, it is a perennial.
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite. The leaves are divided into two entire leaflets.

Our 'Dragon Lady' Trumpet Creeper, or Crossvine, or Bignonia is a cultivar of Bignonia capreolata. We obtained it when it was quite small & for three years it developed very slowly on a semi-shaded trellis.

Bignonia capreolata
(syn. Doxantha capreolata)
A show stopper. Produces a huge mass of 2" red trumpets with orange throats in late spring with some blooms throughout summer. A dark green healthy and vigorous evergreen vine reaching 30'.

Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera x heckrottii x 'Goldflame')
Mandevilla (Mandevilla sp.) ...

Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
30 to 50'
Sun or shade; prefers moist, well-drained soil; very adaptable.

Bignonia capreolata (Crossvine, Family: Bignoniaceae)
Billbergia sp. (Bromeliad, Family: Bromeliaceae)
Bismarckia nobilis, Medemia nobilis (Bismarck palm, Family: Arecaceae / Palmae)
Bixa orellana (Lipstick tree, Annato, Family: Bixaceae) ...

Red Cross-vine [English]: Bignonia capreolata 'Atrosanguinea'
Red Crossvine [English]: Bignonia capreolata 'Atrosanguinea'
Red Crown Cactus [English]: Rebutia minuscula
Red Crown Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Red Crown' ...

Bignonia capreolata (Cross Vine)
Campsis grandiflora (Chinese Trumpet Creeper)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine)
Campsis tagliabuana
Catalpa bignonioides (Southern Catalpa, Caterpillar Tree) ...

The crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) is a self-clinging, evergreen vine. It features trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in June and July and dark green leaves that turn purple in winter.

Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)
Crotalaria agatiflora
Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium 'Primrose Gem')
Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis)
Crown Imperial Fritillary (Fritillaria imperialis 'Rubra') ...

SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE PLANTS: Vines that make good substitutes for Japanese honeysuckle include false jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans), crossvine (Bignonia capreolata), ...

Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata L.

Tubers are produced by both young and mature plants and allow for regrowth. This species is very similar in appearance to the native cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata), but the cross-vine possesses red-orange flowers.

See also: Bignonia, Vine, Green, May, Evergreen

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