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Guayacan

Handroanthus guayacan

Guayacan
Photo: amalavida.tv from Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0

Handroanthus guayacan is a tropical tree in the trumpet-vine family, native from southern Mexico to Peru, grown for its showy yellow flowers. It needs a warm, frost-free site with good drainage and full sun.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; reduce water in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Handroanthus guayacan, is a Bignoniaceae tree native to South America and the Mexican states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Veracruz.

Other Handroanthus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Handroanthus guayacan 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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