Tecoma, Texas Yellow Bells, Trumpet Flower 'Sunrise'

This plant was new for us in 2010. We bought the plants and not knowing anything about them planted them in an area that was too small fo...Read Morer them. They grew beautifully but now we need to move them. Can anyone advise me of the proper time to move them? We love the plants, don't to lose them but we must move them.

About a year ago I found 2 yellow bell plants and planted them here in Mt. Dora, Fl. They have done great. Our past winter was a very ...Read Moresevere one for our area; however, the plants survived without any cover or problem. I love them. Looking for 2 more, but, have not been successful. I accidentally found the two last year at Lowes.

This is a beautiful plant that hummingbirds love in my area. As mentioned, it is drought tolerant once established, but I didn't realize...Read More how much they despise wet conditions. We have been experiencing a very wet summer in South Texas and 2 of my plants appear to have died from all of the water. I am waiting patiently to see if they will come back with drier conditions, but they don't look well. I have two other plants in the front of my yard that are planted on a downward sloping grade and they are doing well. We shall see what happens in the fall.

Last year I planted a Gold Star Esperanza and it was great. I planted it in a bed with wave petunia. In the winter I gathered the seed an...Read Mored in February planted the seed inside. The seed came up and looked like a petunia. By June I had some of the healthiest most beautiful Dark Pink wave Petunia's I've ever seen. I still don't know how this happened. By the way some of the seed did produce an Esperanza.

I love this plant and it grows well in the Texas Hill country. Today I found a long green seed pod on a plant. I picked it to see the see...Read Moreds inside but it looked like I should let it dry out first. Some how I dropped the seed pod into my coke and had been drinking it. I ended up having bad stomach cramps about an hour latter. So I would mark at least the pod part as poisoness.

I live on the edges of zones 6 & 7 (Enid, OK) and have planted this beautiful plant outside after wintering it inside the house. I hope ...Read Moreit makes it through the winter because it is a lovely plant!!

This esperanza (which means "hope" in Spanish) can attain a height and width of 5 feet produces clusters of lemon yellow trumpet shaped b...Read Morelooms which have copper veining in the tube (throat) and around the edges of the tube. The buds are deep copper and are beautiful themselves. The attractive foliage is deep green. It is a perennial in Zones 8a and 8b, but may be evergreen in Zones that do not experience hard freezes. It will die to the ground during a hard freeze, but will sprout in the spring (usually later than most other perennials) and will grow rapidly. It may be grown in containers with protection from hard freezes in colder regions. It is drought tolerant once established, has few insect problems (I have experienced no insect problems with my esperanzas), requires little care and blooms continuously until the first hard frost or freeze. It may be pruned to encourage a denser habit, control its spread and encourage more blooms (which really is not necessary).

Update: 7/9/2017
I have now had this plant in my for over 14 years. It has been an outstanding performer. During really cold winters, it has dies back to the ground; however, it faithfully comes back and and grows very quickly. After mild winters when it does not freeze back. it attains a height of 7 to 8 feet. I tie the trunks to bean poles to give them support so that it will grow in a more upright manner and it resembles a tree more than a large shrub. Bees, fly bees and butterflies love it. It is one of my favorite plants.