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Tecoma stans
Also called Ginger-thomas, Yellow bells, Yellow trumpet bush, Yellow trumpet flower, Arizona Yellow Bells, Yellow Elder, Trumpetbush
In Singapore: Golden Bells, Yellow Bells, Yellow Bignonia, Trumpet Tree, Ramat Emas, Yellow Trumpet Flowers, Yellow Elder (Cultivated in Singapore)
Tecoma stans is a fast-growing, semi-evergreen shrub or small tree from the Americas, grown for its showy golden trumpet flowers. It is drought tolerant and thrives in warm, sunny sites, and it can become weedy where it is not controlled.
Tecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells, yellow elder, ginger Thomas. Tecoma stans is the official flower of the United States Virgin Islands and the floral emblem of The Bahamas.
Tecoma stans is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. It is cultivated as an ornamental. They are grown in many parts of the world for their beautiful flowering, to adorn streets and gardens. It can be easily propagated by stem cuttings. Native to the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico, Tecoma stans var. angustata is shorter and more tolerant of drought and cold than many of the tropical varieties commonly sold in nurseries.
Tecoma stans is native to the Americas. It extends from the southern United States through Mexico, Central America, and the Antilles to northern Venezuela, and through the Andes mountain range to northern Argentina. It was introduced in southern Africa, India, and Hawaii. It is evergreen in moist and warmer regions, but is deciduous in more temperate regions that have a pronounced dry season.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tecoma stans 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.
