TECOMA CAPENSIS

SKU: TECA

Price: $3.95

Cape honeysuckle is a winter flowering, vine-like shrub from South Africa. It can be used as a climbing vine or barrier hedge, trained as a specimen shrub, or used as a ground cover on steep slopes or rocky banks.

Throughout fall and winter Cape honeysuckle produces clusters of brilliant red-orange to scarlet tubular flowers, each about 2" long. If pruned to maintain as a shrub, it can reach 10' or more in height and half as wide. If left to scramble, Cape honeysuckle can cover 25' or more. It attracts hummingbirds and orioles, and it flowers most of the winter. Grows rapidly.
Full sun is best, but tolerates light shade. Needs good drainage. Does best with regular water, but is moderately drought tolerant once established.
Zones 9 - 11.