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trumpet vine
noun
: a North American woody vine (Campsis radicans) of the bignonia family having pinnate leaves and large typically red trumpet-shaped flowers
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Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing tirelessly in and out of squash blossoms and trumpet vines.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
But thanks to the marketers of marigolds, trumpet vines, and hydrangeas, my once-bleak inbox now also blushes with cheerful pastels.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
Common native single-trumpet flower shapes include trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) and penstemon (Penstemon spp.).
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2025
Species with aerial roots or root-like holdfasts include trumpet vine (Campsis radicans), poison ivy, and climbing hydrangeas (Climbing Hydrangea, Hydrangea anomala petiolaris, Japanese hydrangeavine, Schizophragma hydrangeoides, and woodvamp, Decumaria barbara).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Plant a variety of native flowers such as salvia, penstemon, trumpet vine and honeysuckle.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
In last Saturday’s column, the question dealt with removing trumpet vine.
—oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
But thanks to the marketers of marigolds, trumpet vines, and hydrangeas, my once-bleak inbox now also blushes with cheerful pastels.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
Common native single-trumpet flower shapes include trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) and penstemon (Penstemon spp.).
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2025
Species with aerial roots or root-like holdfasts include trumpet vine (Campsis radicans), poison ivy, and climbing hydrangeas (Climbing Hydrangea, Hydrangea anomala petiolaris, Japanese hydrangeavine, Schizophragma hydrangeoides, and woodvamp, Decumaria barbara).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Plant a variety of native flowers such as salvia, penstemon, trumpet vine and honeysuckle.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
In last Saturday’s column, the question dealt with removing trumpet vine.
—oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
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“Trumpet vine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet%20vine. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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