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Bignonias

Bignonia

Bignonias
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Bignonia is a genus of woody climbing vines in the trumpet-vine family, native from the southern USA and Mexico through much of South America. Commonly grown members are climbers that need full sun and support, and they are usually planted outdoors.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells once established, letting the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil, moderately fertile.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below about 0 °C, as many species are semi-hardy.
How easy
Easy

About

Bignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Species have been recorded in a range extending from southern USA and Mexico to most of South America.

Other Bignonia plants

Argentine Trumpetvine · Bignonia potosina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bignonia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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