{"id":3850,"date":"2013-03-22T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2013-02-08T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:01:03","slug":"something-new-to-grow-esperanza-yellow-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2013\/03\/22\/something-new-to-grow-esperanza-yellow-bells\/","title":{"rendered":"Something New to Grow – Esperanza, Yellow Bells"},"content":{"rendered":"
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'Gold Star' Esperanza -photos by Susan C. Morgan, Dallas Arboretum, Dallas TX<\/p><\/div>\n

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Esperanza or Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans<\/em>) is a 6 foot tall perennial shrub that grows in South Texas and Mexico (USDA zones 8-10). Esperanza means \u201chope\u201d and it is destine to become a popular flowering annual in more U.S. Southeastern gardens. It demands a well drained soil and full sunlight.<\/p>\n

In the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7), plant esperanza as a bedding annual or large container plant. Large trumpet-shaped yellow flowers bloom from May to October. The 2 1\/2-inch bright yellow flowers are highlighted byattractive shiny green foliage. The flowers have an odd but pleasing fragrance and attract bees.<\/p>\n

Its growth rate is exceptionally fast if\u00a0provided lots of irrigation and fertilizer. Place\u00a0esperanza\u00a0near the back or edge of a border. If grown as an annual, it will grow 3 to\u00a04 feet high x\u00a02 to\u00a03 feet wide in average garden soil with a neutral to alkaline pH. Water and fertilize when first planted and\u00a0into late spring. Once established, it can tolerate long summer dry periods as is frequent in Texas.<\/p>\n

Esperanza plant(s) must be dug moved indoors in zone7 and further north in the fall for freeze protection. Cut back plants severely to force new growth indoors.<\/p>\n

Long 4- to 6-inch long capsule fruits (beans) set on after the flowers.\u00a0Quick removal of the beans increases flower numbers. Collect the ripen seeds for starting new esperanza plants in the spring.<\/p>\n

In times past Indians made bows from esperanza wood. In Mexico a beer was prepared from its roots and for a variety of medicines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Esperanza or Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) is a 6 foot tall perennial shrub that grows in South Texas and Mexico (USDA zones 8-10). Esperanza means \u201chope\u201d and it is destine to become a popular flowering annual in more U.S. Southeastern gardens. It demands a well drained soil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,747,749,645,806,942,774,627,843,849,630,705,706,646,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4684,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions\/4684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}