Japanese name: ノウゼンカズラ（凌霄花、紫_） Scientific name:Campsis grandiflora
[Overview]
A deciduous woody climber.
It produces many aerial roots, attaches to walls and trees, and climbs.
The leaves are opposite, odd-pinnately compound with 7 or 9 ovate leaflets, and the leaflets have coarse teeth.
The leaves are hairless on both sides.
Large panicles hang down at the tips of new branches.
The flowers are orange, about 6 cm across, trumpet-shaped with a short tube, and 5-lobed at the tip, with rounded lobes.
The flowers are said to secrete nectar rich in hexose (a six-carbon sugar: a representative product of photosynthesis and the energy source most used by living organisms), which attracts birds.
The calyx is green and deeply 5-lobed, with long, pointed lobes.
The fruit is a capsule, and the seeds are winged.
[History]
It arrived in Japan in the Heian period.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It prefers sunny, well-drained soil.
It is hardy and easy to grow.
For established plants, rainfall is sufficient.
Apply slow-release fertilizer around the plant as fertilizer in winter.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
