''Campsis'' × ''tagliabuana'' (Madame Galen) is a mid-19th-century
hybrid between ''
Campsis radicans
''Campsis radicans'', the trumpet vine, yellow trumpet vine, or trumpet creeper (also known in North America as cow itch vine or hummingbird vine), is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native to the eastern United States, ...
'' (American trumpet vine) and ''
Campsis grandiflora'' (Chinese trumpet vine). It produces trumpet-shaped, orange to red flowers up to long that appear in loose clusters of 6 to 12. It is a woody, clinging,
perennial vine that attaches itself to structures and climbs vigorously with
aerial roots like those of ivy. It bears dark-green
deciduous leaves, long. Its flowers are very attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. Like its parents it is
hardy
Hardy may refer to:
People
* Hardy (surname)
* Hardy (given name)
* Hardy (singer), American singer-songwriter Places Antarctica
* Mount Hardy, Enderby Land
* Hardy Cove, Greenwich Island
* Hardy Rocks, Biscoe Islands
Australia
* Hardy, Sout ...
but in cooler
temperate regions requires the shelter of a sunny wall to produce its spectacular flowers in abundance.
The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''tagliabuana'' commemorates the 19th-century Italian nurserymen, Alberto Linneo and Carlo Ausonio Tagliabue.
It has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society's
Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions.
History
The Award of Garden Merit ...
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References
External links
NC State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences page for Campsis x tagliabuana
tagliabuana
Flora of the United States
Hybrid plants
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