Japanese name: アメリカノウゼンカズラ Scientific name:Campsis radicans
[Overview]
A deciduous woody climber whose vines grow over 10 m long.
It produces many aerial roots and climbs by clinging to walls and trees.
Leaves are opposite, odd-pinnately compound, 20–40 cm long, with 7–11 leaflets.
The leaflets are ovate, 2.5–10 cm long, with coarse teeth.
The undersides of the leaves are hairy.
Cymes at the tips of new branches bear 4–12 flowers.
The flowers are reddish orange and funnel-shaped with a long tube, 7–9 cm long; the tip is 5-lobed, and the lobes are rounded.
The calyx is the same reddish orange as the flower, shallowly 5-lobed, with short lobes.
The fruit is a capsule, and the seeds are winged.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It prefers sunny, well-drained soil.
It is hardy and easy to grow.
Once established, rainfall is sufficient for watering.
Apply slow-release fertilizer around the plant as fertilizer in winter.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
