I expected the yellow bells plant I installed to mature into a large shrub – say, 8 to 10 feet tall. But within several years the plant – aka yellow elder and esperanza – grew into a 20-foot ...

Scientific name: Tecoma stans. Growth habit: An evergreen, rounded, large shrub to small tree with numerous branches growing to 15 feet tall and wide. The bright-green compound leaves grow to 10 in… ...

An extraordinarily variable, broad-leaved evergreen, yellow elder plants range from 10 to 40 feet tall. Regardless of size, they all bear clusters of yellow, vanilla-scented flowers much of the ...

PLANT: Tecoma stans, earlier classified as Stenolobium stans, but commonly called yellow elder. ORIGIN: Native to Caribbean and possibly Florida's southernmost tip. CHARACTERISTICS: This fast ...

It’s called Yellow Bells or Yellow Elder (Tacoma stans). Costa Ricans call it vainicillo, or little vanilla. This hardy bush is found in most regions of Costa Rica and easy to identify with its ...