Tecoma stans - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Yellow trumpet bush is typically 3 to 6 feet tall but can grow up to 10 to 25 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide in frost-free, optimum conditions. The leaves are odd pinnately compound with 5-13 leaflets. The flowers are bright yellow trumpet-shaped and emerge in clusters or racemes.
Tecoma fulva subsp. guarume (Flaming Bells, Orange Bells, Orange ...
The shrub grows from 10 to 15 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide. Orange bells is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that has clusters of bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers. The flowers are present from late spring until the first frost. The flowers bloom all year round in warmer climates.
Bignonia capreolata - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
In the wild, it is found climbing trees in swampy forests and woodlands. The vine blooms in late winter to early spring on new wood in clusters of two to five flowers. Its early bloom season provides a critical food for hummingbirds in the area.
Gerbera jamesonii - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
GER-ber-a jay-mess-OWN-ee-eye. Description. Barberton daisy is a herbaceous perennial flower in the aster family with showy flowers and is native to SE Africa. This plant is the parent to many of the hybrid gerberas (Gerbera x hybrid) now available with many cultivars.
Ligustrum japonicum - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
It grows rapidly up to 12 feet tall and 6 feet wide in sun to partial shade. It is dense and upright, drought and salt spray tolerant, and grows in a range of soil conditions (except constantly wet). It flowers in late spring with four parted flowers that attract a wide array of insects.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
This is a tropical, evergreen plant known for its bold flowers that can be up to 6 inches across with a showy central tube. The genus name Hibiscus is Latin for mallow and the species names r osa sinensis are Latin for rose and Chinese.
Taxus cuspidata - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
The Japanese yew is a woody evergreen tree or shrub in the yew family (Taxaceae). It is native to Korea, China, Russia, and Japan. This plant was introduced to the United States in 1833. The name derives from the Latin word cuspidatus, meaning “prickly pointed,” which refers to the sharp, pointed tips of the foliage.
Manihot esculenta - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Common Name (s): This plant has high severity poison characteristics. Cassava is a bushy, broadleaf evergreen, flowering herb or shrub in the spurge family that can grow to 10 feet tall. It is a perennial, but is often grown as an annual because of its intolerance of frost.
'Deppe' Sunny Boulevard® St. John's Wort - North Carolina …
It is drought tolerant and more loose and open in form than other of the more than 400 species of hypericum. It is also the most cold-hardy of the hypericum. Kalm's St. John's Wort is a flowering shrub with numerous 1 inch yellow flowers over a month …
Osmanthus fragrans - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
Fragrant tea olive is a broadleaf, evergreen shrub with a dense habit in the olive family (Oleaceae). It is native to China, Japan and Southeast Asia. This plant has small but extremely fragrant flowers that appear in the spring and sporadically in the fall.