Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
Common Name: Yellow bells
Type of Plant: dicot: large shrub
Character evergreen small tree
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, vigorously growing shrub, with ascending slender branches forming an open, oval-rounded canopy if unpruned; can be trained into small tree-form
Height 10' - 15' (25')
Spread 3/4 - equal
Growth Rate very rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors thrives in full sun near coast; tolerates afternoon shade at hot inland locations
Soil prefers sandy soils or well-drained slopes; avoid wet clay
Hardiness tender (zones 12, 13, 21-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnately compound, opposite, with 5-13 lanceolate-elliptic leaflets; leaflets dark green, 2"-4" long, with toothed margins
Flowers bright yellow, trumpet-shaped, 1 1/2"-2" long, in large showy clusters at the ends of the branches; May-November (January)
Fruit a silique: 4"-6" long
 
Propagation:
seed or semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
use as a substitute for Bougainvillea - large background mass or screening material; with selective pruning and staking, the plant can be trained into a small tree for its heavy flower display
 
Landscape Care:
Watering periodic deep soakings (every 10-14 days in summer) preferred
Fertilizing little required after establishment
Pruning head back strongly afterflowering to promote a full dense form; can be trained onto trellises as a vine-like plant
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other the variety T. stans v. Angustata is more drought tolerant
 
Origin: Central Mexico
Family: Bignoniaceae

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