Campsis × Tagliabueana Golden Trumpet Vine

Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet is a striking, warm-toned climber commonly known as Golden Trumpet Vine, valued for its bold trumpet-shaped flowers, lush foliage, and strong summer performance on sunny walls and supports. Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet offers a more garden-friendly way to enjoy the dramatic look of trumpet vines, producing clusters of orange-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers from mid-summer into autumn. With its ability to clothe a trellis or pergola in leafy growth and bright blooms, Golden Trumpet Vine is ideal for adding height and seasonal colour with exotic flair that works beautifully in sheltered UK gardens.

Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet is a woody climber with luxuriant, compound leaves that create a rich, leafy screen through the growing season. The foliage is dark green and divided into multiple leaflets, giving a slightly tropical texture that looks especially effective against brickwork or timber structures. From mid-summer onwards, Campsis  Golden Trumpet begins to produce generous clusters of tubular flowers in orange-yellow shades, often carrying deeper warm tones within the throat, and these blooms continue well into early autumn in good conditions. Golden Trumpet Vine is less overpowering than some older trumpet vine types, making it easier to use in a typical garden while still delivering impressive height and impact. This cultivar flowers on new growth, so it can be pruned with confidence to control size and encourage fresh flowering shoots each year. As a hybrid of Campsis Radicans and Campsis grandiflora, Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet combines vigorous growth with large, richly coloured trumpet flowers. 

Height and Spread of Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet:

Campsis Golden Trumpet typically reaches an ultimate height of around 2.5 to 4 m, with a similar spread of 2.5 to 4 m when grown in favourable conditions and given suitable support. Golden Trumpet Vine establishes steadily and can cover a wall or climbing frame within a few seasons, building a framework of woody stems that will carry increasingly strong flowering growth each year. With routine pruning, Golden Trumpet can also be kept more compact for smaller gardens while still delivering reliable summer colour.

How Hardy is Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet?

Campsis Golden Trumpet is suitable for UK gardens in a warm, sheltered position, and it performs best when planted in full sun against a south-facing or west-facing wall. It prefers moist but well-drained soil, although it can also cope in well-drained ground provided it is not allowed to dry out completely in its first year. Golden Trumpet Vine benefits from protection from cold winds, especially in cooler regions, as warmth is key for abundant flowering. Once established, Golden Trumpet becomes more resilient and is generally reliable where summers are warm enough to support consistent bloom.

Uses in Garden and Landscape:

Golden Trumpet Vine is an excellent climber for pergolas, fences, trellis panels, and sunny house walls, where it can create a leafy backdrop and a strong burst of colour during the hottest months. Campsis × tagliabueana Golden Trumpet is particularly effective in courtyard gardens and enclosed spaces, where reflected heat encourages earlier flowering and a longer display. It can be used as a seasonal screen, giving privacy and greenery while also providing an eye-catching flower show from mid-summer through to autumn. In wildlife-friendly planting, Golden Trumpet Vine is also valuable as its nectar-rich blooms can attract pollinating insects during late summer when many shrubs are past their peak.

Care Tips:

Plant Campsis Golden Trumpet in spring or early autumn in a sheltered, sunny position, providing sturdy support such as wires, a trellis system, or a pergola frame. Water Golden Trumpet Vine regularly during the first growing season to help it establish, especially if planted near a wall where soil can be dry. Feed in spring with a balanced fertiliser to encourage strong growth, and apply a mulch to retain moisture and improve soil structure. Prune in late winter or early spring by shortening vigorous shoots to promote new flowering growth, as this cultivar blooms on fresh stems. Tie in new growth as it develops to spread the plant evenly across its support and to build a well-structured framework for future flowering.