Campsis is a persistent, unpretentious, hardy and at the same time charmingly beautiful plant. Bright red-orange flowers and green unusual leaves adorn the yard all summer. Liana feels good both in hot, arid, and in cool weather. She has no pests and diseases, and a powerful root system allows her to occupy all new spaces.
Appearance
Rooted campsis (often called tecoma) grows in many European countries. This is an unusually beautiful plant with large tubular scarlet or orange flowers collected in inflorescences. The entire summer period pleases with abundant flowering. Original leaves in form also adequately adorn the vine, changing green to bright yellow by autumn.
Campsis is a perennial liana with woody stems, losing foliage for the winter. The shoots of the plant, wrapping around a support, can raise it above 15 meters. With age, woody, they look fancy on a trellis, resembling fabulous tree trunks.
Landing
Tecoma is undemanding to the soil, but for plentiful flowering it is planted in weakly acidic fertile loose soil. A place for a plant is best picked in the fall. To do this, dig a hole with a diameter of 0.5 m and the same depth. Gravel is laid at the bottom as drainage, humus and mineral fertilizer are added to the ground, all are mixed and put into a hole, leaving it before spring planting.
In early May, seedlings can be planted in open ground. Lower the seedling into the pit prepared since the fall, straighten the roots, cover it with earth and compact it near the plant. Water and mulch abundantly with humus.
Care
Ramping Campsis easily tolerates drought, but it is better to water it regularly, without over-moistening the soil.
The plant can not be fed if it is planted in well-fertilized soil. Otherwise, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers are added to it, providing lush flowering during the summer season.
To regulate growth, you should constantly trim tekoma. It grows rapidly, flowers appear only on new shoots, so all old branches should be removed.
Pruning is carried out in autumn after flowering or in the spring, until the buds are swollen:
- the plant leaves several strong young shoots, all the rest are removed;
- long branches of a young creeper should be tied to a trellis, forming a plant;
- the plant should be shaped over the first four years until the shoots are numb.
After pruning, ossified shoots and three or four young branches should remain at the bush, which shorten up to three buds.
If the main trunk is damaged, it is removed, replacing with new shoots.
For rejuvenation, plants periodically prune all shoots, leaving them up to 30 cm tall.
In the summer, the bush can be given any shape, create compositions using various designs. Campsys will not suffer from this.
Winter preparations
In areas with a mild climate you can not worry about lianas. When growing plants in places with cold winters, where the temperature can be below -20 degrees, the campsis rooting, whose winter hardiness is low, should be prepared for cold weather.
Tekoma is cut off, leaving the skeleton and the main shoots, removed from the trellis and laid on the ground. It is necessary to cover the root system and the ground part, using spruce branches, dry foliage, sawdust. Top cover with a film of polyethylene, the edges of which are pressed to the ground.
With stationary attachment, vines to structures cover the roots, and the stalks are wrapped with lutrasil. They put a film on top. All this will help protect it from freezing.
At the end of the winter season, the campsis rooting is freed from insulation and attached to the previous place. Damaged shoots are removed.
Breeding
For breeding tekoma use seeds, cuttings and cuttings. Rarely propagated by seeds, since before flowering you have to wait seven years.
It is easy to propagate by layering, it is worth bending the shoot and squeezing it to the ground with a wooden slingshot. Cover on top with loose earth, pour and cover with polyethylene so that the moisture does not dry out. After some time, the roots will appear. In spring, layering with roots is transplanted to a new place.
Liana is such an unpretentious plant that it can even take root in the cracks of the wall, where there is a little sand. True, at the same time it may well destroy it by its roots.
You can propagate and root shoots. In early spring, the shoot with the root is separated from the plant and transplanted to a permanent place.
Use the method of cuttings. With the onset of spring days, last year's shoot is chosen and cuttings are cut from it. For rooting, they are planted in containers with earth, watered and covered with a film. Two weeks later, leaflets will appear on them. After frost, the plant is planted in open ground.
Pests and diseases
Rooted Campsis is not prone to disease, it is almost not damaged by insects. Only aphids can appear on the leaves of young shoots and in flower buds. It is simply washed off with a stream of water or treated the affected areas with an alcohol solution.
Caring for the campsis will not take much time, and the plant will thank for its care with its beauty.
Flava
This is a perennial deciduous liana, which can reach a height of fifteen meters. What is interesting about this rooting campsis? Flava is a variety that was bred in 1842. Aerial roots growing on the stems of a large liana cling to the support and allow it to be held. The leaves are large, feathery, tubular flowers are golden yellow in large inflorescences.
It blooms from June, all warm time, until late autumn. The flowering is plentiful, the bush looks very beautiful. Along with the flowers, new buds and fruits appear on the vine. Fruits-seeds of a triangular shape with rounded corners are located inside oblong flat pods.
Liana prefers sunny places protected from the wind and soil, rich in nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizer. It looks good at various supports, fences, arbors, walls. Young shoots require garter. The plant is trimmed, giving the desired shape.
In severe winters, the branches can freeze, although the plant can withstand frost up to -20 degrees. At the end of the winter period, the old stems are removed.
Care Tips:
- The first year the vine is grown in containers, it hibernates in a cold cellar. Planted in the ground in early spring before flowering. In winter, young plants cover with spruce branches.
- Prefers moderate watering without stagnation of water.
- Reproduction is carried out by cuttings, layering and seeds. When propagated by seeds, they are sown in the ground in early May, the plant begins to bloom in the third year after planting.
- It tolerates pruning shoots. In areas with a cold climate, pruning after winter is not recommended for the plant to bloom earlier.
- It does not suffer from any disease, of the pests it affects only aphids.
Campsis rooted yellow tramp
A powerful vine with original tubular flowers of a bright yellow color.
Clings to a support with ground roots. Unpretentious plant, loves sunny places protected from the winds. It tolerates frosts up to -23 degrees.
Tekoma cultivation in the Moscow region
Campsis rooted in the suburbs - not so rare. Only with the onset of frost does the growth of shoots stop. In severe frosts, the campsite branches may freeze. Experienced flower growers are advised to simply trim the plant and feed it. It is quite winter-hardy and can perfectly survive the winter with short frosts up to -25 degrees, and when sheltering the root system and its terrestrial part, it will survive at a lower temperature.
After May 15, in the Moscow region, the liana is covered with beautiful green leaves. Throughout the summer, under favorable weather conditions, the plant will delight owners with beautiful bright flowers in a juicy orange hue. The plant responds well to shearing, so hedges can be made from it, turned into intricate shrubs.
Flamenco
Campsis rooting Flamenco is a very spectacular fast-growing plant with orange-red tubular flowers and abundant foliage. Roots independently and clings to the support with countless air roots. Leaves of bright green color, unpaired, long, consisting of 9 elements. On the flip side - light green.
The flowers are quite large, collected in a brush of several pieces. Bloom sequentially and for a long period, from mid-summer to autumn. Butterflies and bees attract their honey aroma. On one bush, creepers can have fruits, flowers, and buds. The fruits are brown grains of a triangular-rounded shape, placed in a flat pod-shaped box with two wings.
Liana propagates by seeds, layering and root parts. Shrub formation and pruning is easy.
Liana prefers sunny places protected from the wind. Undemanding to watering, drought tolerant. It grows on any soil. And on fertile soil and when fertilizing with nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers, it grows and blooms profusely for a longer time.
Campsis is a rooted Flamenco, whose winter hardiness is low (it normally winters at a temperature of about -6 degrees), and can withstand frosts up to -20 for a short time. True, in winter it needs shelter. After winter, weak and diseased shoots are removed.
