General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 20 to 30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Bright red with yellow throat
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Espalier
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds

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Common names
  • Scarlet Trumpet Vine
  • Blood Trumpet Vine
  • Red Bignonia
  • Mexican Bloodflower Vine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amphilophium buccinatorium
  • Synonym: Distictis buccinatoria

Photo Gallery
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-05-07

Photo by Mark Pilbeam

Date: 2007-07-07
Photo by Dick Culbert

Date: 2011-09-25
Photo by Kiyana
Location: Hanbury Botanical Gardens, Ventimiglia, Italy
Photo by Fabio Alessandro Locati

Date: 2007-07-07
Photo by Dick Culbert

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