(Golden Jewels of Opar, Jewels of Opar)

Grown for its sparkling clusters of small bright flowers, jewels of Opar is a thrifty, heat-tolerant, tender perennial from Central America and southern North America. It is often grown as an annual in cold-climate gardens. The cultivar 'Limon' has chartreuse leaves and rose-red flowers. The fleshy tuberous roots give rise to many unbranched, upright, wiry stems with fleshy, oval leaves that are often bunched in whorls. During the warmth of summer the flowers appear at the stem tips in large airy...

(Esperanza , Yellow Trumpetbush)

The delicate beauty of this heavy blooming shrub hides its cast iron constitution. Yellow trumpetbush can stand up to the worst heat of the low deserts and the humidity of the tropics. Its only limitation is sensitivity to extreme cold. The broad range of this native spans the Americas, from the arroyos of New Mexico and Arizona southward to Argentina. Unlike other desert plants, which have silver or blue gray foliage, this shrub bears lush dark green leaves.

In mild climates it may bloom...

(Esperanza , Yellow Trumpetbush)

The delicate beauty of this lemon yellow flowered shrub belies its cast iron constitution. A free-flowering cultivar of a large shrub or small tree found from southern North America to southern South America, Gold Star trumpetbush ('Lonesp') can stand up to the worst heat of the low deserts and the humidity of the tropics. Its only limitation is sensitivity to freezing cold.

In mild climates 'Lonesp' may bloom nearly all year with large clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers. Unlike many forms...

(Esperanza , Yellow Trumpetbush)

The delicate flowers of this large, often sprawling shrub belie its cast iron constitution. A free-flowering cultivar of a species found from southern North America to southern South America, 'Orange Jubilee' can stand up to the worst heat of the low deserts and the humidity of the tropics. Its only limitation is sensitivity to severe cold.

In mild climates 'Orange Jubilee' may bloom nearly all year with generous clusters of large trumpet-shaped blooms with folded back tips. The flowers have...

(Esperanza , Yellow Trumpetbush)

(Esperanza , Yellow Trumpetbush)

(Smith's Tecoma, Smith's Trumpetvine)

Year around hot colored blossoms and desert tough character makes this hybrid a near perfect shrub for low desert conditions. The primary parent species is Tecoma stans, the yellow trumpetbush native to the desert Southwest and northern Mexico. The species and this hybrid prefer well drained arroys and low hills where underground water is present.

Unlike other desert plants, which have silver or blue gray foliage, this shrub bears lush dark green leaves. In mild climates it may bloom...

(Cape Honeysuckle)

This is a terrific flowering shrub for warm region landscapes. Cape Honeysuckle is an evergreen semi-vining shrub native to the Cape Province of South Africa. It has glossy dark green leaves and offers flushes of bright orange-red tubular flowers all year around.

The attractive dark-green leaves are compound, small and have scalloped edges. All along the exterior of the shrub, many clusters of trumpet-shaped, orange-red flowers are produced. They appear most heavily from late summer to spring...

(Cape Honeysuckle)

This is a terrific flowering shrub for warm region landscapes. Cape Honeysuckle is an evergreen semi-vining shrub native to the Cape Province of South Africa. It has glossy dark green leaves and offers flushes of bright orange-red tubular flowers all year around.

The attractive dark-green leaves are compound, small and have scalloped edges. All along the exterior of the shrub, many clusters of trumpet-shaped, orange-red flowers are produced. They appear most heavily from late summer to spring...

(Golden Cape Honeysuckle)

Glossy dark green leaves and year 'round flushes of cheerful, yellow tubular flowers make golden cape honeysuckle a terrific plant for a wide array of garden uses. It is an evergreen vine-like shrub native to the Cape Province of South Africa. It has glossy, dark-green, compound leaves with small, scalloped edges. Tip-clusters of tubular light yellow flowers appear most heavily from late summer to spring but flower continuously in mild tropical regions. Hummingbirds love its flowers, particularly...