ShrubsEsperanza / Yellow Bells
Tecoma stans
Esperanza / Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 10-11, that matures to about 2-6 ft × 2-4 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect yellow blooms in fall, spring and summer. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to deer, drought and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2-6 ft × 2-4 ft
- Spacing
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Fall, Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators, Small mammals
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Heat
- Native to
- Southern United States, Central and South America
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Esperanza / Yellow Bells is hardy to about 30°F (estimated from USDA zone 10), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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