Trumpet Vine in Peach Plantings
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Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) is a native climbing perennial vine recognized by its trumpet-shaped, red/orange/yellow flowers that can reach up to 3 inches across. Leaves are pinnately compound with 4 to 6 paired leaflets and a single leaflet at the tip; compound leaves may reach a length of 12 inches. Individual leaflets are somewhat oval with coarse teeth on the leaf margin. Occasionally upper surfaces of leaflets are darker than undersides. This weed can spread by seed or spreading root suckers and is very difficult to manage.
Trumpet vine growth habit.
(Photo: John Strang, University of Kentucky)
Close-up of trumpet vine foliage.
(Photo: Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service)
Trumpet vine flowers.
(Photo: John Strang, University of Kentucky)
Trumpet vine fruit.
(Photo: Allen Bridgman, South Carolina Department o f Natural Resources, Bugwood.org)
Management:
- Apply systemic herbicides to the cut stems.
- Prune repeatedly to starve root systems.
- Avoid cultivation, which spreads vines.
