![]() ![]() In winter it is easy enough to simply remove the flexible vines from their temporary support and retrain them along the fence as well as using periodic redirection during the growing season if you notice a wayward vine. Maintenance for Cross Vines generally involves redirecting new young vines when it is being grown on low supports like a fence or trellis. They are generally evergreen but may become temporarily deciduous just before they begin growth and after the main spring flower show. Even though these are close kin to the Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans, Cross Vines have much better garden manners and tend to stay where you put them. You can grow Crossvines on large stumps or posts, sturdy trellises, along fences where they may stretch to 30' or more, as well as up walls. We normally grow Cross Vines in average garden soils with good drainage, average moisture and full sun for best flowering and vigor. The unusual compound, glossy, dark green foliage takes on orange, red, bronze, and purple tones when grown in full sun during fall and winter. The trumpet shaped flowers attract hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators. Cross Vines are a low maintenance choice for fences, posts, and large trellises. An easily grown and vigorous clinging native evergreen vine that can easily grow up masonry, tree bark, or other structures without support. Yellow Foliage/Stems or Marked with YellowĪ show stopper! Tangerine Beauty Cross Vine produces a huge mass of 2" orange trumpets with yellow throats in late spring with some blooms throughout summer on well-established vines.White Foliage/Stems or Marked with White.Silver or Gray Foliage/Stems or Marked with Gray or Silver.Purple Foliage/Stems or Marked with Purple.Orange Foliage/Stems or Marked with Orange.Maroon, Burgundy, or Purplish-Red Foliage/Stems.Chartreuse Foliage/Stems or Marked with Chartreuse.Black Foliage/Stems or Marked with Black.Missouri Botanic Gardens Plants of Merit.Great Plant Picks for the Pacific Northwest.Sasanquas - Variegated and Multi-Colored.Fragrant Camellias, Sasanquas, and Hybrids.Dwarf Sasanqua Camellias (2 to 5 feet high).Cold Hardy Camellias for Zone 6A and 6B.Camellias - Midseason Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Late Season Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Exceptionally Long Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Early Season Flowering Japonicas.Camellia Japonica By Flowering Season (Early-Mid-Late).Camellias - Variegated and Multi-Colored Japonicas.Tangerine Beauty Cross Vine - Hummingbird Plants - Almost Eden ![]()
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