Tabebuia heterophylla - Pink Trumpet Tree

That's unusual, isn't it? I thought they bloomed in spring.

Tugbrethil:

You may be thinking of Tabebuia impetiginosa - Ipê tree which blooms here in winter and early spring.

Tabebuia heterophylla is a summer bloomer...it's also an evergreen tree.

That's it! Thank you Delonix!

Tugbrethil:

You're welcome! : > )

Tabebuia heterophylla is not as widely grown as T. impetiginosa or chrysotricha in San Diego.

Chrysotricha is a rare sight here in the Valley of the Sun, and impetiginosa is even scarcer--haven't seen any since before the 2007 frost. Never seen heterophylla, but I wonder how it would do here?

Tugbrethil:

That's surprising! I think of Tabebuia as heat-loving trees...also hardy.

I can understand why Tabebuia heterophylla is not grown...as it is a more tropical tree.

The few that I have seen haven't been bothered by the heat at all. It's those dratted occasional frosts that do them in, and they take forever to get established, or to recover from damage. They seem to have trouble with our soil and/or water here, too: lots of chlorosis and salt burn. T. chrysotricha seems to be becoming marginally more common, since it is slightly more frost hardy, but there probably still aren't more than 20 mature trees in the whole Valley!

Tugbrethil:

We do have problems with brown-tipping form hard water here also.

I always thought that T. chrysotricha and impetiginosa had about the same frost tolerance. Does that not seem to be true there?

Usually the T. chrysotricha suffers less in a mid-grade frost than the T. impetiginosa, and recovers more quickly here. I also seems to be a generally more resilient plant. It's popularity is hampered here because if people want a yellow flowering tree, there are a lot of easier to grow choices available, such as Paloverdes, and Sonoran Yellow Bells.

Tugbrethil:

That's great information! I never know, what's true as far as frost tolerance on many trees...because I don't get any frost here where I live.

Rrrr! Rub it in, why dontcha! ; D

Tugbrethil:

LOL! : > )

Well, I must say I do know, to certain degree about frost damage. When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area many years ago, I would sometimes get frost (I was in a mostly frost-free climate though). I lived S.F. Bay Area during the 1990 freeze -- the worst ever recorded there.