Is Trumpet Creeper deer resistant?
Campsis radicans
Browsed where deer pressure is high. Protect it.
Rating source: Rutgers NJAES E271
About Trumpet Creeper
Hummingbirds work the orange trumpets all summer, which is the reason to grow it. It is also enormously vigorous, clings by aerial roots that damage mortar and siding, and suckers up through lawns many feet from the parent. Plant it on a free-standing structure, never on a house.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Average garden soil
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 118 to 236 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- High
Similar to Trumpet Creeper
Other vines with the same deer rating.
- ClematisClematis sp.Zones 4–9, genus rangeOccasionally damaged
- Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea anomala petiolarisZones 4–8Occasionally damaged
- English IvyHedera helixZones 4–9Occasionally damaged
- Goldflame HoneysuckleLonicera x heckrottiiZones 5–9Occasionally damaged
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefoliaZones 3–10Occasionally damaged
Protecting Trumpet Creeper
Whether this survives comes down to local pressure, so it is worth knowing the options before it gets browsed rather than after.
- How tall a deer fence needs to beEight feet, and six is the most common expensive mistake in deer fencing.
- Repellent that actually worksThe egg-based recipe that reproduces the active ingredient in the commercial sprays that win university trials.
- Check it is actually deerDeer tear and leave a ragged stub. A clean 45-degree cut is rabbits, and slug holes get blamed on deer constantly.
Where Trumpet Creeper grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticutnative
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginianative
- Marylandnative
- Michigannative
- Wisconsinnative
- Ohionative
- Indiananative
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesota
- Missourinative
- North Carolinanative
- Tennesseenative
- Georgianative
- Texasnative
- Coloradonative
- Californianative
- Oregon
- Washingtonnative
- New Hampshirenative
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Islandnative
- Delawarenative
- West Virginianative
- Kentuckynative
- South Carolinanative
- Floridanative
- Alabamanative
- Mississippinative
- Louisiananative
- Arkansasnative
- Oklahomanative
- Kansasnative
- Nebraskanative
- Iowanative
- North Dakotanative
- South Dakotanative
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utahnative
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbianative
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 39 US states in total.
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Common questions about Trumpet Creeper
- Is Trumpet Creeper deer resistant?
- Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) is rated Occasionally Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Browsed where deer pressure is high. Protect it.
- What hardiness zones does Trumpet Creeper grow in?
- Trumpet Creeper is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Trumpet Creeper grow in shade?
- No. Trumpet Creeper wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Trumpet Creeper get?
- Mature height is roughly 360–480 in. Growth rate is fast.