Tabebuia chrysotricha: Golden Trumpet Tree: ENH-772/ST614, 12/2018

Abstract

An ideal patio, specimen, or lawn tree, Golden Trumpet Tree is often seen as a small, 15 to 25-foot-tall tree but can reach 50 feet, with a rounded, spreading canopy in a wind-protected area. Sometimes evergreen but most often deciduous, Golden Trumpet Tree has four-inch-long silvery leaves with tan, fuzzy undersides. These leaves drop for a short period in April to May, and it is at this time that the trees put on their heaviest flowering display, the trumpet-shaped, bright yellow blossoms appearing in dense 2.5 to 8-inch-long terminal clusters. Some trees produce a small number of flowers sporadically throughout the warm season. The eight-inch-long seed capsules which follow are brown, hairy, and persist on the tree through the winter. Original publication date November 1993.