Hummingbird Vine Seeds
(Campsis radicans) Perennial. Zones 4 - 9.
This vining beauty will welcome a plethora of wild eye candy into your garden - Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, Swallowtail Butterflies, maybe a Sphinx Moth!
Also known as Trumpet Honeysuckle or Trumpet Creeper, Hummingbird Vine is a prolific climbing vine that provides quick cover for fences and trellises.
Gently fragrant trumpet shaped orange and scarlet flowers come on around Midsummer. In Autumn, leaves turn yellow and bean-like seed pods split open to release two winged seeds.
Trumpet Creeper grows rapidly to a height of 25-40 feet and spreads vigorously. It is easily grown in most soils and thrives in full sun. It provides wonderful dense coverage for woodland gardens or other naturalized areas, climbing rock piles and tree stumps.
------------------------------------
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
SEED PRETREATMENT: Soak seeds in water for 24 hours. Mix seeds with a moistened grow medium equal to 3-4 times seed volume. Place in a plastic bag, covered tray/cells or container.
STRATIFICATION: 60 days cold/moist (5°C). Place plastic bag with seeds and soil in your refrigerator, preferably in a veggie crisper. Inspect periodically for even moisture.
POST-STRATIFICATION: Sow stratified seeds 1/16” deep or on the soil surface. Seeds require light and soil temperatures of at least 18°C to germinate. Water evenly and regularly.
GERMINATION: When all previously mentioned requirements are fulfilled, germination generally occurs in 20-30 days.
------------------------------------Available direct from Incredible Seeds, a Canadian Heirloom and Heritage Seed Company, offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open pollinated and untreated seeds, located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
