Trumpet-creeper Campsis radicans
Family: Bignoniaceae (Bignonia)
Branching: Opposite


This is a vine native to the Eastern US, but frequently planted as an ornamental in Canada.   Its flowers make it very conspicuous in the summer, but it doesn't stand out as much in the winter.  It has distinctive leaf scars, which are circular and often sunken (like Catalpa in the same family) and it climbs by using aerial rootlets.


Winter twig of Trumpet-creeper


The sunken leaf scars


The buds are very small


Mature bark starts to peel


This vine climbs by using aerial rootlets




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