Red Flowered Trumpet Vine 100 Seeds Campsis radicans - Heirloom

These are very good looking & great for climbing on fences & trees. They do seed out & grow very well.

Planted 3 separate places on flower beds. None came up.

I bought 30 seeds, 10 of which I began to germinate, right away. Following directions on how to plant, I did so. Set them in the windowsill, indoors, and in a few days they all were sprouted and growing. 2 of them are extra robust, and I've transplanted them, and doing well, reaching up, up, and away!

Perchased 4 varrieties labeled and kept all seperated, Soaked for 24 hours and purple and yellow sprouted but none of the red of heritage red disappointed. Not within the 30 day return window as I cold stored all of them as per recomendation, until last week.

I really can't review the plant because I still haven't planted then yet. It's to soon for my zone to plant them. But, I did receive them very quickly and with instructions on how to plant them.

I planted right away after i received the seeds and only 2 grew.

There are about 3x as many seeds in the packet I received as was advertised. You aren't getting 30 seeds, you are getting about 90, maybe 100; I placed 56 seeds into 14 Hydroponic slots (4 in each) and there are still a bunch left. Also, they arrived two days BEFORE the expected delivery date which was nice.I would strongly advise you read:naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/15104/PDFTo understand all the factors that determine whether a Campsis Radicans seed will germinate; they are rather finicky about the conditions.If you ignore all those growing conditions expect only 10% of the seeds to germinate, but that will be YOUR fault, not necessarily the seller's.1) Place at soil's surface and give 12h day/night cycles with a temperature difference of 10C or ~20F, the more soil you cover them with the lower the germination chances because the light helps them germinate. Having a constant temperature throughout a 24hr cycle reduces germination rate to 15% so give them sun or a heater. (EDIT: My tests showed that best results are with the seed in soil, but the barest top of it's dark spot visible above the soil level)2) Since these seeds come pre- cold stratified DO NOT put them in your refrigerator; germination chances drop when the duration is longer than 2 weeks and we do not know how long these have already been cold stratified.3) Even if you do everything wrong, you should still see a 10% germination rate. Remember, Campsis Radicans is essentially a weed species, it spreads 21,000 seeds per plant per year; it's strategy is quantity not quality, only ~10% of those 21,000 would germinate in the wild. -That also means make sure you really want Campsis Radicans in your yard before you plant it! It uses root tendrils to attach to climbing material so it CAN damage wood siding, brick mortar, and concrete houses.I will be providing ideal growing conditions as outlined in the above study so I would expect 75% germination rates, we will see how close to that ideal these seeds come in 2-4weeks.Results are in; 18 out of the 56 germinated which is about 1 in 3, seller said he did cold stratify longer than 2 weeks which might be the reason for the lower than expected germination rates, but starting next season he will be offering non-cold stratified seeds so you can give them the optimal amount yourself.

Had to be patient with these, most took over a month to germinate, but now I have plenty of healthy seedlings!