Cape Honeysuckle (Tecoma Capensis) is a sun-loving shrub that is very easy to grow. The flowers are tubular shaped and brightly coloured.
What I have here is cultivar 'salmon'. It was already flowering when I first bought it at our local nursery for a meagre RM 5.00. Very cheap! What a small price to pay for the joy that it has given me.
What I love about this plant is that once it starts blooming, it never seems to stop. I guess the flowers will be here all year round.
These bright orange flowers come in clusters of 15-20 flowers per stalk
Scientific name: Tecoma capensis 'Salmonea'
Synonym: Tecomaria capensis 'Salmon'
Common name: Cape Honeysuckle
Family: Bignoniaceae
Origin: Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland
Category: Shrubs
Growing requirements:
Regularly watering and well drained to sandy soil. Pruning is recommended to reshape the plant and encourage more growth and flowers. This plant can take hard pruning. Plant it in a container if you have limited land for gardening because its roots may be quite invasive.
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Does it attract a lot of bees and butterflies, Belle?..
Nice orange blooms.
~ bangchik
Beautiful! Flowers in clusters bring joy longer... when one bloom withers, the other tend to stay longer... so they do stay for a while ;-)
Bangchik, Stephanie. Some people plant this flower to attract the birds and butterflies. Yeah I manage to attract some beautiful butterflis. As for the birds, what beautiful birds do we have? Luckily the gagak didn't come! LOL.
Lovely honeysuckle and i bet it smells divine.
Joanne, nice to see you here. Actually I hardly notice any smell from my honeysuckle flowers. Maybe the bright colour attracted the bees and butterflies. However, if I crush the leaves, I get a garlic or gum smell.
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