Vine -- Campsis radicans

#The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Vine known as Campsis radicans that I have designated "Crimson Trumpet" and which was originated by me in nursery property owned by Princeton Nurseries, Plainsboro Township, N.J.

#I had been growing a number of vines in a row of Campsis radicans which were originally started from local seed plants and were being cared for and growing in cultivated condition, when I was able to notice a substantial difference in a certain vine by reason of the flowers thereof, which were a most distinctive and noticeable dark, rich red color, thereby standing out from the normal orange color of the flowers in this particular row of Campsis radicans.

#Upon closer inspection, I determined that there was a single plant in a group of plants in this particular row, and I therefore carefully preserved the seedling, and after a series of propagations by soft wood stem cuttings performed in the nursery aforesaid in the usual manner, I found that the dark, rich red color of the flowers proved to be fixed and fully established, compared with the regular seedlings in the row and/or other rows in which they had been growing.

#The accompanying drawing shows a typical vine of my new variety in close-up view particularly of the flowers thereon, illustrating the dark, rich red color thereof, the outstanding characteristic, with indication of the smooth glossy upper surface of the leaves of my new variety.

#The following is a detailed description of my new variety of the vine Campsis radicans, with color terminology in accordance with the Munsell Color Chart, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are appropriate, and adequate for understanding, as based on observations made from specimen plants grown in the nursery on the property owned by Princeton Nurseries in Plainsboro Township, N.J.

#parentage: A newly found seedling in a row of the vine Campsis radicans.

#Propagation: Holds its distinctive characteristics through succeeding propagations by soft wood stem cuttings.