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How to plant and care for Trumpet Vine (Campsis)
Campsis × tagliabuana 'Madame Galen'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
Clusters of big, salmon-red trumpets from August to October on a vigorous self-clinging climber. Needs a hot, sunny wall.
When to plant and care for it
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Flowers
Prune
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Trumpet Vine (Campsis): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well for the first summer, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 3 m
- Height
- 8–10 m
- In pots
- Best in the ground
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant 30 cm away from the wall or fence, leaning the stems towards it on canes. Tie them to wires or a trellis as they grow.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- FebruaryWinter Prune
Once the framework covers the wall, cut all side shoots back to 2–3 buds each winter.
- AugustIn Flower
Exotic trumpets — take a photo.
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