Trumpet Vine [Campsis Radicans] 50+ seeds | Vigorous Climber

Please find for sale 50+ fresh Campsis Radicans, better known as Trumpet Vine or Trumpet Creeper.

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The orange trumpet vine is favoured by gardeners for its heavy, clean dark green foliage, and sturdy stems, tipped with clusters of bold trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of scarlet and flaming orange. Whilst it can be grown as a standalone bush, it is typically used to provide attractive screening to otherwise attractive structures such as fences, trellises, oil tanks etc. They are not suitable however for growing on house wall walls as they can damage the render in the brickwork.

Germination Guide

Trumpet Vine seeds require a very modest amount of "stratification" to make for maximum germination. In a nutshell stratification is a technique used by gardeners to trick seeds into thinking winter has passed and its time to sprout! Most cold climate seeds from the Northern Hemisphere require this  - if an acorn was to sprout in October, it would be killed by the frost in winter. This is however quite simple to achieve following the guide below: 

• Sow indoors from Autumn to Spring
• Mix the seeds with some moist but not wet compost mix (ideally 50/50 sieved potting compost and vermiculite)
• Place in a freezer-type bag and cold stratify at the bottom of the fridge for 2 weeks
• Remove seed tray from fridge and add a few millimetres of sieved compost or vermiculite over the seeds
• Place in a warm bright location but out of direct sunlight - 17-22c is fine
• Do not allow compost to dry out
• Germination should take 2-4 weeks
• Pot on and gradually harden off seedlings before planting out one risk of frost has passed.

Alternatively, seeds can be sown into a cold frame in autumn where natural winter cold will offer ideal conditions for germination to occur in spring as the weather warms.