Description Family Bignoniaceae Originating from USA Received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Bright red tubular flowers bloom abundantly in summer. Handsome, abundant feather-shaped, veined leaves form a luxuriant backdrop. Vigorous and easy to grow in fertile soil in full sun. Red Trumpet Vine in Your Garden Outrageously exotic red trumpet vibrant vines blaze across Norfolk pergolas, their fleshy, tubular flowers shouting summer drama. It’s hard to believe Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Madame Galen’ is hardy in all except cold, northerly exposed UK gardens. Its 8cm-long blooms burst from fat bullet-shaped buds to lure pollinators from June to September, making an incredibly exotic display. This vigorous, self-clinging climber reaches 6m high and 4m wide in 5–10 years, thriving against Suffolk’s black timber-clad barns. Its deciduous, feather-shaped leaves, with serrated, veined leaflets, create a lush green backdrop for the vibrant, fiery trumpet vine blooms. The woody stems clad any supporting structure, delivering Mediterranean flair to Norfolk’s contemporary outdoor living spaces. Adaptable to country and traditional English styles, it flourishes in fertile, well-drained soil, adding bold structure to walls or trellises. Its high-impact floral display can last for months, from the emergence of its showy fat buds in late spring. They are grouped in large clusters at the tips of its stems and open in a long succession throughout summer. Care Tips for Campsis Madame Galen Soil and Sun: Plant in fertile, well-drained soil; it grows lush foliage in part shade, flowering less profusely. Full sun maximises flowering. Planting: Set at any time of year, giving careful attention to watering if planted in summer. Watering: Keep moist during its first year; tolerates dry spells once established. Pruning and Training: Provide a few ties or fixings to pergolas or walls to guide its first years’ growth after planting. Self-clinging thereafter. Trim in late winter to control size. Can be hard pruned, but this may delay/reduce flowering for the first season after its reduction. Plant the Red Trumpet Vine for Flamboyant Displays This vine’s intensely hot floral flourish, lush foliage, and robust growth deck any style of garden in an abundant display. The sheer exoticism of its floral and foliar bounty is peerless amongst climbers we can grow in UK gardens. It rapidly screens or creates privacy over a large area, however, it is easily controlled and can even be grown as a standard shrub. Planting Ideas for Red Trumpet Vine Create a fleshy floral fiesta of tropical-style flowers. Make a patio display that feels like a tropical holiday, bring on the hammocks and mojitos! Let the red trumpet vine create a lofty splash on walls or pergolas, placing potted paradise in front or below it. Brugmansia ‘Double Yellow’, suaveolens white and yellow flowered, and candida ‘Flowerdream’ add a heady, dizzying tropical scent. Add Hymenosporum flavum for more exotic aromas and Begonia ‘Ebony and Orange’, ‘Summerwings White’, and luxurians for foliage and flowers. Such an assemblage of exuberant foliage, flower, and scent will surely quell any desire for a long-haul flight. Reclining on outdoor sofas or swinging hypnotically in egg seats amongst these species delivers holiday therapy in your own space.
