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Tecoma 'Red Hot' PP31,610 (Red Hot Trumpetbush) - A compact shrub to 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. It has dark green pinnately compound leaves with leaflets having dentate margins. Over a long period from early spring to late fall appear the lightly fragrant trumpet shaped flower that first emerge a deep crimson red color with yellow centers and mature to a lighter orange red. The flowers produce few seed pods so the plant is less messy in this regards than some other Tecoma cultivars.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate infrequently to occasionally - has proven fairly drought tolerant even in desert locations. It is cold hard to 15° F. Deadhead flowers for a prolonged flowering and prune in fall to shape as needed. This plants smaller size makes it a great choice for smaller gardens and it is attractive to butterflies and a magnet for hummingbirds, yet seems moderately resistant to deer and rabbit predation.
Tecoma 'Red Hot' is a hybrid that comes from Tucson-based Civano Nursery Inc that originated as a unknown hybrid origin chance seedling at a nursery near Sahuarita, Arizona with both that male and female parents unknown. This plant received US Plant Patent PP31,610 in March 2020. Our thanks go out to Laurie Mazzella-Bennet of Star Roses and Plants for encouraging us to grow this charming new cultivar.
This information about Tecoma 'Red Hot' PP31,610 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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