Blood-red trumpet vine
Distictis buccinatoria (DC.) A. Gentry · Family: Bignoniaceae
A species of warm areas. Undemanding about soil as long as it drains well. Needs a sunny position.
Where it grows on Tenerife
Grows in: South coast · North coast · South, 300–1000 m · North, 300–1000 m
Zones are derived approximately from the Cabildo belts.
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Description
A woody climber from Mexico with square branches. Leaves compound, made up of leaflets and a terminal tendril; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, up to 10 cm long, acuminate. Flowers in terminal racemes, showy, tubular, 7–8 cm long, purplish red. Flowers all year round.
Propagation and growing
An evergreen species, easy to grow; it needs sunny positions and is moderately cold-hardy. Its growth is relatively slow and it flowers from the start of the year. Fast-growing. Propagated by cuttings and air layering.
Garden use
It is found from coastal areas up to the mid-altitude zone; it tolerates drought well; it is suitable for gardens along promenades and avenues, and can also be seen in parks and squares. Used to cover walls, pergolas and fences. It prefers plenty of water. It is a species with medicinal properties.
Notes
Its reddish trumpet-shaped flowers are very showy.
Source: Cabildo de Tenerife, “Guía de especies vegetales”, CC BY. Translated from Spanish by us.
Bioclimatic belts
Warm coastal belt
- Inframediterranean, hyperarid
- Inframediterranean, arid
- Inframediterranean, semi-arid (lower level)
- Inframediterranean, semi-arid (upper level)
- Inframediterranean, dry, without trade-wind fog
- Inframediterranean, dry, with trade-wind fog
Warm mid-slope belt
- Thermomediterranean, semi-arid (lower level)
- Thermomediterranean, semi-arid (upper level), without trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, semi-arid (upper level), with trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, dry, with trade-wind fog
- Thermomediterranean, dry (lower level), without trade-wind fog