Gold Star yellow bells
Tecoma stans 'Gold Star'
MBG Plant of Merit 2007
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 5 feet tall2 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Gold Star' yellow bells (Tecoma stans 'Gold Star') is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, hedges, and specimen plantings. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in spring, summer, and autumn. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the flowers. The plant is evergreen and drought tolerant. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Sweet potato vine, Sedge, Lavender Perfection dahlia, and Papyrus.