Bring a bit of sunshine into your life, Sol is the perfect plant for Mediterranean-style planting combined with olive trees, fig trees, and summer citrus. It's a vigorous, fast-growing climber, known for its large trumpet-shaped flowers in flamenco flavoured colours of orange and red, and loved by bees as much as us.
It very much puts on a summer show, flowering from June through to September. Because it’s deciduous, it will grow dark green leaves that emerge in spring and fall off in autumn, leaving a framework of bare stems. Don’t be alarmed, it’s not dead, just dormant, saving all of its energy for a stunning display. While you might need to help it climb while it’s young, as it matures it will develop little aerial roots on its stems which help it cling and climb on its own.
Because it’s so vigorous, your Campsis ‘Indian Summer’ is best planted out into a large pot or into the ground. Keeping it in its nursery pot will limit its growth and it will soon run out of the nutrients it needs to grow healthy and happy. With free reign it can grow up to 8 metres tall and 4 metres across. Until your Trumpet vine is mature, there’s really no need to prune it, just keep training it up the wall, trellis or wires you want covered. If it does get too large, give it a cut back in February or March when it’s dormant.
Campsis is hardy down to -10 degrees celsius and is not a fan of cold winds, so if you’re in a colder part of the country, grow it in a sheltered spot or up against a south-facing wall.
Easy care
Bright light
Regular watering
Feeding
