Trumpet Tree

It can be grown in central and south florida.

Flower trumpet creeper drawing. Showy trumpet shaped flowers are borne in rounded clusters that become larger and more profuse as trees mature. Its leaves are 6 to 8 inches long arranged alternately on the stems. The common name roble is sometimes found in english.

Heterophylla is partly deciduous and produces eye catching pink to white blooms in spring and summer. Known for its spectacular drooping flowers they grow up to 20 inches long. Native to central and south america these small to medium size beauties briefly drop their foliage and burst into unrestrained glory at the onset of spring.

Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family bignoniaceae. Tabebuia heterophylla is known by some as pink trumpet tree. This tree grows at a moderate rate and will reach a height of 20 to 30 feet with a spread of 12 to 25 feet.

And with its unique trumpet shape flowers and quick growing nature this exotic beauty offers a multitude of reasons to give it a try in your own garden. Leaves are typically green. Tabebuias have been called trumpet trees but this name is usually applied to other trees and has become a source of confusion and misidentification.

The flowers which are especially fragrant in the evening may be produced year round in warmer climates. Number of leaflets is often variable within a species. Demure and unassuming much of the year trumpet trees handroanthus spp formerly known as tabebuia spp stop traffic as winter closes.

May be simple undivided or divided into as many as seven leaflets arranged like fingers of hand.