yellow bells
Tecoma stans
USDA zones10 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 6 feet tall2 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green to olive green.
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) is a shrub for borders, containers, hedges, and specimen planting. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 10 and warmer, down to about 30°F (-1°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Large yellow trumpet flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Letting the soil dry out between soakings may improve flowering.
Pairs well with Lantana, Tuscan Blue rosemary, Sedge, and Blue-eyed grass.
Native range
Southern United States and Central and South America.