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Tecoma stans
Yellow trumpetbush is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. It can colonize disturbed, rocky, sandy, and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed. This on the other hand is a beautiful Trumpet bush tree.
Grew in sandy soil. Urban env.
The flower is up to 2 inches long and they are borne in big clusters. The tree can grow up to 20 feet. Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family. Twelve species are from the Americas, while the other two species are African.
Miss, I planted a seed of Tecoma stans in my backyard, the plant is already 50 cm, was just to prove I'm right about your spotting be Tecoma stans, three years from now, when it blooms and is loud.
Three months after the upload, I give you cred for the ID Sckel, thank you! I am still not 100% sure, with regards to what C.Sydes wrote about the leaflets, as well as the size. But I cant seem to find anything that matches my spotting better than Tecoma stans.
O Thanks for the comment C. Sydes. Interesting facts and one step closer to get an ID! BR Tina
3m is the average limit in a garden situation but in their natural environment (Central & South America) they reach are reported to commonly reach twice that height. The leaflets of your spotting are longer and narrower than a typical T. stans however so perhaps its a related species
Yet again, the Tecoma stans should not be higher than 10ft (3 meters).
This tree is at least 45ft (14 meters)
But thanks Sckel
Spotted on May 21, 2013
Submitted on May 21, 2013
