Tabebuia aurea Seeds | Yellow Trumpet Tree
LATIN NAME: Tabebuia aurea
COMMON NAME: Yellow Trumpet Tree
Plant Profile
Yellow Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia aurea) is a tree in the trumpet-creeper family. Yellow trumpet tree is golden crown of dry season, and funnel-shaped, golden-yellow flowers open before the leaves. Tree is a fine, generous presence of warm avenue, and it is a tree of open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground. For the gardener, the sum of these traits is a plant that is easy to live with.
Science & Biotechnology
Research touching on Tabebuia aurea ranges from the botany of the trumpet-creeper family to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. It is the kind of species that plant scientists reach for when they need reliable material for propagation and selection studies.
Uses & Benefits
Beyond its ornamental appeal, Yellow Trumpet Tree has the practical versatility that makes a plant worth growing from seed year after year. Yellow trumpet tree is a fine, bold tree of warm avenue and tropical garden. Give young tree warm, sheltered spot for the first years, and the golden crown will come in the long run. Raise the seedlings with basic care and grow them on. Once it has settled, the workload drops to almost nothing.
Trumpet trees give pau d’arco, the famous South American immune bark tea, and spectacular pink and yellow bloom; the bark’s lapachol is widely studied.
Growing from Seed
Raising Yellow Trumpet Tree from seed is straightforward. Sow on the surface of a gritty, well-drained mix, cover lightly with fine compost, and maintain gentle, even moisture in a sunny position. Grow the youngsters on steadily in pots until well rooted, then move them to their final positions.
Our Take
Once established, Yellow Trumpet Tree largely looks after itself. Once the young plants are away, there is little left to do but watch them grow.
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