''Campsis'' × ''tagliabuana'' (Madame Galen) is a mid-19th-century

hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...

between '' Campsis radicans'' (American trumpet vine) and ''

Campsis grandiflora ''Campsis grandiflora'', commonly known as the Chinese trumpet vine, is a fast-growing, deciduous creeper with large, orange, trumpet-shaped flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flo ...

'' (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 A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wid ...

vine A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themsel ...

that attaches itself to structures and climbs vigorously with

aerial root Aerial roots are roots above the ground. They are almost always adventitious. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes such as orchids (''Orchidaceae''), tropical coastal swamp trees such as mangroves, banyan figs (''Fic ...

s like those of ivy. It bears dark-green

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, ...

leaves, long. Its flowers are very attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. Like its parents it is hardy but in cooler

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout ...

regions requires the shelter of a sunny wall to produce its spectacular flowers in abundance. The Latin specific epithet ''tagliabuana'' commemorates the 19th-century Italian nurserymen, Alberto Linneo and Carlo Ausonio Tagliabue. It has gained the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...

's Award of Garden Merit.

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 {{Bignoniaceae-stub