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Handroanthus albus

Handroanthus albus
Photo: Mathieu Bertrand Struck (mathieu.struck@gmail.com), CC BY-SA 2.5

Handroanthus albus, the golden trumpet tree, is a large deciduous tree of South American savannas and seasonally dry forest, widely planted as a street and garden tree for its yellow spring flowers. It needs full sun and a well-drained soil, and it is best suited to warm climates.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells while young, then rely mostly on rainfall once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect young trees below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Handroanthus albus, the golden trumpet tree, is a tree with yellow flowers native to Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and the Cerrado (tropical savannas) of Brazil, where it is known as ipê-amarelo-da-serra.

This plant is found in the Brazilian states of Distrito Federal, where it's the states symbol, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Piauí, Amazonas, Pará and São Paulo.

Other Handroanthus plants

Araguaney · Golden trumpet tree · Guayacan · Pink trumpet tree · Pink trumpet tree · Handroanthus lapacho · Yellow Poui

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Handroanthus albus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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