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Megan Mathey
Grand Haven, Michigan

DRESSED TO THRILL™

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata

'SMNBFW'

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A pillar of orange trumpet shaped flowers in the landscape.

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Several bright red-orange flowers with yellow centers on a vine with glossy green foliage.

Two bright orange trumpet shaped flowers reveal vivid yellow centers.

Three crossvines, covered in orange flowers, bloom in a late spring landscape with a green nandina shrub in front of them.

At the top of a crossvine plant on a steel pillar, dozens of orange and yellow flowers bloom.

Native
Evergreen
Attracts Pollinators

Description: Dressed To Thrill crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) is colorful, extremely floriferous, and amazingly adaptable! This selection of our North American native crossvine transforms fences, walls, and trellises into a wall of flowers, climbing structures by tendrils. Orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers with bright yellow eyes enliven landscapes from spring through summer and provide a welcome food source for hummingbirds. Native from Ohio down to Texas, this semi-evergreen vine is adaptable to most any soil and exhibits excellent heat and drought tolerance.

USDA Zone: 6 - 9 (-10°F/-23.3°C)
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun
Height: 12-30'
Width: 6-9'
Type: Evergreen
Bloom Time: Spring into summer
Flower Color: Orange, Red
Foliage Color: Green
Liner Sizes: 2 1/4", 4", Quick Turn

General Care

Features: New, Evergreen, Drought tolerant, Heat tolerant, Vine

Filters: Botanical genus: Bignonia , Common name: Crossvine , USDA Zone 6, USDA Zone 7, USDA Zone 8, USDA Zone 9, Exposure: Full sun, Exposure: Part sun, Bloom time: Spring, Orange flowers, Red flowers, Green foliage

Features: New, Evergreen, Drought tolerant, Heat tolerant, Vine

Filters: Botanical genus: Bignonia , Common name: Crossvine , USDA Zone 6, USDA Zone 7, USDA Zone 8, USDA Zone 9, Exposure: Full sun, Exposure: Part sun, Bloom time: Spring, Orange flowers, Red flowers, Green foliage