Re: yellow vine flower called tecoma stans

PLANT OF THE MONTH 
ellow elder (Tecoma stans)
Yellow elder (Tecoma stans) 

The yellow elder is bright and cheerful from October to December. It sometimes blooms in the spring with showy yellow trumpets up to 2 inches long that are borne in big clusters. Yellow elder is drought-and neglect-tolerant and makes a bushy tree that grows to 20 feet. However, there's one drawback: The long seed pods carried through the winter are somewhat messy. Dr. Derek Burch, a horticultural consultant from Plantation that consults with commercial nurseries, introduced a tree, Tecoma stans (`Burchii'), that blooms throughout the year. 
 



On 9/30/07, Tony and Moira <t*@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Tony & Moira Ryan, Wainuiomata, New Zealand
Climate ( US Zone 9). Annual averages:-
Minimum -2°C; Maximum 28°C Rainfall 2000mm
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From: <l*@aol.com>

> well I did the foolish thing and bought an unnamed pot at the nursery and
> so now I must figure out what to do with it.  Yellow tubular flowers  and
> the words "tecoma stans" on the side and nothing else.
>
> any ideas?  It is blooming now and looks like a pea family fellow since it
> has string bean looking seed pods on it.
>
> I am asking you since you always know these odd fellows...but could you
> post my question to the at large web audience?  I have been off line a
> while and have forgotten how.
>
> thanks a million..here in no. california near SF

Hi
Although you say your plant has come without a name, actually it carries a
perfectly good one - Tecoma stans (also known as Bignonia stans) .  What
puzzles me though is your referring to it as climber. Although it certainly
comes from a family (Bignoniaceae) which includes many beautiful climbers
( such as species of Tecomanthe and Pandorea) this Tecoma is actually a
shrub or small tree.with the common name of yellow bells or yellow trumpet
flower, or in your area sometimes yellow elder. It is native from Texas
southward to the Argentine and will stand  light frosts, but likes a warm
situation in sun or light shade, needing litle water once established..
Grows quickly to about 12 feet and can go as high again, but can be heavily
pruned after flowering to keep it smaller.

If you do not have a book to tell you about it I suggest you consult Google,
simply putting in the name Tecoma stans. There are plenty of articles under
this heading, some with pictures.  There is even an illustrated article on
how to do the pruning!

I am not sure what you mean by putting your query to a wider audience, but
assuming you _are_ a member of the Medit-plants group I have copied my reply
to them and you may hear further from one or other of them or you can
contact the group yourself using the above address....

Moira


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