Other names: Yellow elder, Trumpet bush, Shrubby trumpet bush, Yellow trumpet bush, Ginger-thomas, Esperanza, Bignonia stans, Stenolobium stans, Tronadora
T. stans is a tender, upright, open, semi-evergreen shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree bearing pinnate leaves with ovate to lance-shaped, pointed, bright green leaflets. Racemes or panicles of funnel-shaped, bright yellow flowers bloom from late winter into summer.
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5m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cobaea scandens (Cup and saucer vine)
Other names: Cathedral bells, Cups and saucers, Mexican ivy, Monastery bells
C. scandens is a vigorous, tender, dense, semi-woody, evergreen climber, often grown as an annual, with pinnate leaves, each leaf divided into four oblong to elliptic, dark green leaflets with an accompanying hooked, branched tendril. From summer into autumn, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers open greenish-white and age to purple.
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2m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
X Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Minsum' (Chitalpa 'Minsum')
Other names: x Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Summer Bells'
'Minsum' is a vigorous, rounded, deciduous, large shrub or small tree with long, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and, from midsummer to early autumn, racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, pale pink flowers with frilled petals and yellow throats.
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4m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Cobaea scandens f. alba (White-flowered cup-and-saucer vine)
Other names: White cathedral bells, Cobaea scandens 'Alba'
C. scandens f. alba is a tender, vigorous, perennial climber (often grown as an annual) with honey scented, bell-shaped flowers which emerge green and then turn to creamy white in summer and autumn.
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2.5m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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