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Tecoma stans 'TEC6010916' Plant Patent #24,170

Sku #8508

A stunning compact variety - with fiery red-orange blooms. This heat and sun-loving shrub explodes with warm color from spring until the first frost. Self-cleaning, and rarely sets seed pods. Easy to grow in the landscape or in containers. Evergreen in frost-free regions.

Light Needs

Partial to full sun

Light Needs
Water Needs

Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers.
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Detail

Key Feature

Heat Loving Summer Color

Light Needs

Partial to full sun

Landscape Uses

Border, Coastal Exposure, Container, Hedge, Mass Planting

Watering Needs:Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers.

Botanical Pronunciation:tek-OH-muh stanz

Plant type:Shrub

Deciduous/evergreen:Semi-evergreen

Growth habit:Rounded

Growth rate:Fast

Average landscape size:Reaches 4 to 6 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft wide; slightly larger in frost-free regions.

Special features:Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Compact Form, Easy Care, Fast Growing, Heat Loving, Waterwise

Foliage color:Green

Blooms:Spring through frost; nearly year-round in frost-free climates.

Flower color:Red

Flower attributesLong Bloom Season, Showy Flowers

Garden styleRustic, Tropical, Xeric

Patent Act:Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent.

Design IdeasThe more compact nature of this variety lends itself to smaller spaces as a colorful accent or natural hedge. In extremely hot climates, this carefree, desert hardy shrub blooms even in light shade, making it perfect under the canopy of a mesquite or palo verde tree.

Companion PlantsJuniper (Juniperus); Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina); Plumbago (Plumbago); Palo Verde (Cercidium); Mesquite (Prosopis)

Care

Care Information

Easily grown in well-drained, fertile soil. Water regularly in first growing season; tolerates periodic drought, once established in the landscape. Feed monthly during growing season. In northern zones, overwinter pots indoors. Cut back to 12 in. and feed in spring. Return outdoors after danger of frost. Avoid contact with sap.

History & Lore

History:

This new cultivar is the product of a Tecoma breeding program in Gilbert, Arizona, conducted by horticulturist George Hull, with an objective to create new cultivars with interesting flower colors and a compact habit. 'TEC6010916' originated from a crossing in 2008 of two unnamed, not patented Tecoma stans plants. The resulting seeds were subsequently planted and grown. 'TEC6010916' was selected in 2009 as a single plant within the progeny of the stated cross. Most similar to the cultivar 'Orange Jubilee, this new cultivar differs in that it exhibits reddish-orange flowers that are self-cleaning and develop very few seed pods, and has a more compact bushy habit.

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