Yellow Bells
Tecoma stans
A fast, lush desert shrub hung with clusters of golden trumpet flowers from spring to frost that hummingbirds and bees adore. Heat-loving and free-blooming wherever winters are mild.
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX