Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
None once established
Mature size
6–10 m
First harvest
Flowers from year five
Family
Bignoniaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Sow fresh seed in the monsoon; nursery stock transplants badly.
The desert teak — orange trumpets on bare wood in March, on a tree that needs no water.
Growing it
Sow fresh seed in the monsoon; nursery stock transplants badly.
What it is for
Timber and desert avenue colour; nectar in the hottest months.