Plant Profile

Distictis buccinatoria (Blood Trumpet, Red-bignonia, Scarlet Trumpet Vine)

Scarlet Trumpet Vine is a native to Mexico, that has showy red and yellow flowers looking like a trumpet, from where comes its common name. It's highly attractive to hummingbirds.

This vine does best in well drained soil, in full to partial sun. To be watered frequently until well established.

Landscape Information
Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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French Name: Trompette méxicaine

Pronunciation: DIS-tik-tis buks-sin-uh-TOR-ee-uh
Plant type: Vine
Origin: Mexico, Central America, South America
Heat Zones: 9 to 16

Hardiness Zones: 9 to 13
Uses: Screen, Espalier, Mass Planting, Windbreak
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Spreading

Canopy Texture: Medium

Height at Maturity: 8 to 15 m
Companion Plants: Ensete, Hibiscus, Tibouchina, Plumbago, Passiflora

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By Mark Pilbeam from Shipston-on-Stour, UK (Scarlet trumpet vine) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

Leaf Venation: Brachidodrome

Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

Leaf Type: Even Pinnately compound

Leaf Shape: Lanceolate

Leaf Margins: Undulate, Entire

Leaf Texture: Glossy

Leaf Scent: No Fragance

Color(growing season): Green

Color(changing season): Green
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Type: Solitary

Flower Scent: No Fragance

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall
Trunk
Fruit

Fruit Showiness: No

Fruit Color: Green, Brown

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By Mark Pilbeam from Shipston-on-Stour, UK (Scarlet trumpet vine) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Yes
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

Water Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full, Part
Management

Invasive Potential: No

Pruning Requirements: Little needed, to develop a strong structure

Edible Parts: None

Plant Propagation: Seed, Cutting, Layering