Sowing months
Mar, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
2–4 m
First harvest
Flowers year one
Family
Bignoniaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Cut it back by half each spring to keep it flowering low.
Yellow bells almost all year on a shrub that survives a forgotten terrace.
Growing it
Cut it back by half each spring to keep it flowering low.
What it is for
Roof and boundary colour; carpenter bees work it hard.