Tabebuia chrysotricha or Tecoma chrysotricha, also named the Golden Trumpet Tree, is a small to medium tree, evergreen, or briefly deciduous in the Spring, 15 to 25 feet tall. It originates from Brazil. Showy, deep yellow trumpet shaped flowers, 3 to 4 inches long, up to 2 inches wide, in dense 2.5 to 8 inches long terminal clusters, containing up to 30 flowers, are borne on graceful, wide-spreading branches in early Spring, March-May during brief deciduous period. There is a red stripe on the throat of the flowers. Sometimes it blooms at other times, when leaves are present. The lack of leaves during the bloom makes it extremely showy.The leaves themselves are nice though. They are palmate; 5 leaflets with undulate margin, dark green to olive green, 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide, with buff pubescent undersides, and are tropical looking. The crown is Irregular in shape when young, becoming rounded and spreading with age.The trunk is smooth, thin, with light gray bark and narrow linear markings. Fruits are borne in skinny brown pods, 8-9" long and less than 1/2" wide that persist on the tree through the Winter.
