Seasonal Interest and Photographs

Bignonia capreolata L.
 
Crossvine

Flowers: orange to red trumpet-like flowers in late April, early May, some cultivars rebloom in summer.
Flowers are fragrant (in some cultivars).

Foliage: Evergreen, trifoliate (one leaf modified to be a tendril), light green on new growth maturing to dark green, becomes reddish in winter.

Fruit: capsule, insignificant.

 

Location: Horticulture Research Farm, ornamental planting.

Photographs: Click on an image to see a larger version:

flowers and leaves growth habit leaves, stem, flower tendrils and leaf  

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