Cross vine

Tangerine Beauty Bignonia is an easy-to-grow fast growing cross vine that covers structures quickly and produces LOADS of bright orange-red trumpet flowers in spring.

March 12, 2009 It’s a spring fling. A brief yet passionate affair. I have a big, orange crush on crossvine ‘Tangerine Beauty’ (Bignonia capreolata ) that lasts for a blissful couple of weeks every spring. Actually, crossvine is pretty fine … Read More

A better-behaved cousin to the less-than-polite trumpet vine, cross vine is a colorful solution for a fence or arbor with afternoon shade.

Alabama is home to over 3000 species of native plants. Here is a list of native vines that are well-suited for plantings in gardens.

Cross vine (Bignonia capreolata) is easy to grow, hardy, tolerates the heat, requires little water, and grows in both full sun and part shade. It attracts hummingbirds and bees.

Tangerine Beauty crossvine, a native Texas vine with showy trumpet-shaped blooms and evergreen foliage, was named the newest Texas Superstar.

Lots of rocks and a few roses

March 23, 2007 Welcome back to our coop No, this isn’t an old post. Yes, I recently posted pics of my ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine. But I can’t help it. The flowers are so exuberant right now that I can’t help … Read More

Add lush green foliage and stunning sunset-hued blooms to your garden structure with this easy-to-grow woody vine.