• Common Name: Yellow bells, Yellow Elder, Trumpetbush, Yellow Trumpetflower
  • Botanical Name: Tecoma stans
  • Family name: trumpet vine family
  • Type: perennial
  • Zone Hardiness: 10–11
  • Height: 10–30ft
  • Width: 10–30ft
  • Blooms: Clusters of bright yellow, trumpet-shaped, mildly fragrant flowers
  • Bloom time: April- November
  • Sun: Full sun
  • Leaves: Opposite, odd-pinnately compound leaves (5–13 lanceolate serrated leaflets, 1.5–5″ long), glossy green; evergreen to semi-evergreen depending on locale
  • Maintenance: Low for beginners, prune after flowering for shape and structure; remove spent flowers or seed pods to prolong blooming; fast-growing can require occasional structural pruning
  • Tolerates: drought, heat, acidic to alkaline soil, Salt spray, coastal environments
  • Attracts: Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies; also serves as larval host for the plebeian sphinx moth.
  • Texas Superstar: Yes
  • Texas Native: Yes
  • Invasive: No