Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha SEEDS

Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha seeds grow into the garrocha a fast-growing flowering shrub or small tree native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of southern Bolivia and north-western Argentina, not Ecuador as sometimes described. ‘Garrocha’ is the Spanish word for a lance or pole, presumably referring to the upright growth habit. This subspecies of the orange-flowered T. fulva produces dense, spectacular clusters of vivid orange to orange-red, trumpet-shaped flowers over a long season, making it one of the most hummingbird-attractive plants in its native Andean dry forest communities. Part of the broader T. fulva species (Peru to NW Argentina). Family Bignoniaceae.

Full sun; fast-growing; drought-tolerant; adaptable to dry, well-drained Andean highland soils; warm to warm-temperate subtropical conditions.

• Dense vivid orange to orange-red trumpet flowers over a long season outstanding hummingbird plant
• S. Bolivia to NW. Argentina seasonally dry tropical biome; NOT Ecuador as sometimes described
• Subspecies of T. fulva (Peru to NW Argentina); ‘garrocha’ = lance/pole in Spanish
• Fast-growing; drought-tolerant; adaptable to Andean dry forest conditions
• Full sun; warm to warm-temperate subtropical conditions; Family Bignoniaceae

Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha is the garrocha the vivid orange-flowered Andean trumpetbush of southern Bolivia and north-western Argentina, one of the most hummingbird-attractive flowering shrubs in the dry Andean valleys of the southern cone.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.