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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.
Information displayed on this page about Tecoma 'Red Hot' PP31,610 is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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