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Chicklet® Gold Esperanza Tecoma stans

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
6' 3' 1.8m 91cm
Height: 3' - 6'
Spread: 3'
Height: 91cm - 1.8m
Spread: 91cm
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  • Details

    36 - 72 Inches
    36 - 36 Inches
    36 - 36 Inches
    91cm - 1.8m
    91cm
    91cm

    Features

    Highlighter bright blooms all season long! Chicklet® Gold esperanza looks like a trumpet vine, but is actually a totally harmless North American native shrub. It packs just the same flower power though, delivering blooms from summer well into the fall. It looks at home in amongst other vibrantly colored blooms in hot climates or makes a cheerful patio plant in cooler zones. No matter where it’s planted, it’ll draw in your favorite pollinators.

    Top reasons to grow Chicklet Gold esperanza? 

    • Attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds
    • Long bloom time
    • Very tough landscape performance
    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Heat Tolerant
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Hummingbirds
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    36 - 72 Inches 91cm - 1.8m
    Spacing: 
    36 Inches 91cm
    Spread: 
    36 Inches 91cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Yellow
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Bright Green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Fall
    Hardiness Zones: 
    8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Neutral Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Esperanza is ideal for landscaping or in a flower garden. If you live in a cold climate, it makes an excellent patio plant, blooming with bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers all summer long.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Does not require deadheading to bloom continuously. It is best pruned in early spring while it is still dormant.

    Chicklet® Gold Tecoma stans 'SMNTSC' USPP 35,751
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    • I planted Chicklet Gold 16 days ago in a pot. Since that time, it has grown, budded and bloomed! I expected to wait until next year or maybe the next for that kind of development. This is my new favorite plant. It has beautiful bright green foliage, and the flowers are magnificent.

      Larry Briscoe
      , Texas
      , United States
      , 10 weeks ago
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