TECOMA STANS - YELLOW ELDER.
Common name: yellow elder, trumpetbush, yellowbells.
Family: bigoniaceae (bigonia family).
Yellow elder is an evergreen bushy shrub growing up to 22 feet tall with a light grey bark and bright green pinnate serrated leaves.
Yellow elder has yellow, trumpet shaped fragrant flowers.
The panicles on which the flowers are born can produce more than 50 blossoms!
This plant has 5 - 8 long seedpods, hanging in clusters.
The seeds, dispersed when the pods split open, are flat, oblong with transparant wings on the ends.
Medicinal applications: used against diabetes and digestive problems.
Hardiness: USDA zone 8 - 11.
Propagation: seeds and cuttings.
Culture: full sun, wide variety of soil.
Yellow elder can be kept as an container plant in the cooler zones.
Can withstand some frost; hardy down to 20° F. (roots can survive lower temperatures).
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