General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: To 75 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 8 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Slender capsule approximately 12 inches in length.
Fruiting Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Espalier
Uses: Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Semi-hardwood cuttings in summer.

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Common names
  • Flame Vine
  • Orange Trumpet Creeper
  • Cipo-Sao-Joao
  • Bignonia
  • Flor de San Juan
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pyrostegia venusta
  • Synonym: Bignonia venusta

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Location: Munnar, India
Date: 2023-02-28
Location: Munnar, India
Date: 2023-02-28
Location: Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico
Date: 2018-09-21
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: January 2014

Photo courtesy of by RustyClark, Flickr

Photo courtesy of JamesR, Wikimedia Commons
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-12
Location: Nursery Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-18
Location: Hawaii
Date: February
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-12
Location: Nursery Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-18
Location: Nursery Sunset Zone 23 Sub-Tropical Southern California
Date: 2011-11-18
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-01-13
At USF Botanical Gardens

Date: June
credit: B.navez

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