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Handroanthus lapacho

Handroanthus lapacho
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0

Handroanthus lapacho is a tree from the Bignoniaceae family, native to northwest Argentina and Bolivia, grown for its showy pink-purple spring flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it is frost-sensitive when young.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; tolerates seasonal dry spells once mature.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy soil; tolerates poor soil once established.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect young trees below 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Bolivia and NW. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Handroanthus lapacho, is a Bignoniaceae tree native to Argentina (Jujuy, Salta) and Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija).

Other Handroanthus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Handroanthus lapacho 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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