Has anyone seen or heard of a "Red" Esperanza? I can't find any exact information on the web. We were selling them a couple of weeks ago at our MG Plant Sale. A couple of the plants were flowering and the flower indeed was red and the flower and plant looks like a Yellow Bell/Esperanza. The tag from the grower only has Red Tecoma. Unfortunately, my plant does not have flowers on it or I would post a pic.

Could it possibly have been Tecoma fulva?

Could it be Tecoma x 'Bells of Fire'? It apparently turns more red in cooler weather.

There are some pretty photos on this site:
http://northtexasgardening.blo...

Horntoad, could be a Tecoma fulva but the flowers, plant and seed pods looked exactly like my Yellow Bells except they were red. Danita, the flowers had no orange tint to them they were a deeper red than the pic in the link.

I'll find out which grower we got them from on Thursday at MG's and call them for an explanation.

I have looked at both the Cape Honeysuckle and the Tecoma fulva and it just doesn't seem to resemble the pics of either one of those.

Sounds pretty! I look forward to hearing the name.

I have a red Esperanza, Bells of Fire I believe. It is a lovely graceful plant with bright red flowers that my hummers loved. I haven't seen too many bees on it, they are enamored with my yellow one. This is its first year in the ground and it was recommended by Texas A&M which is why I went hunting for it.


If I remember right, it should get five to six feet tall, will bloom aggressively since it doesn't set any seed till very late in the year.

Thanks Joy,
Mine is still in its pot from when I bought it. I am in process of changing the landscaping in my front yard. I put it and several other plants in my front flower bed to get some of the rain we had on Wed/Thurs and I noticed this afternoon something has stripped all the leaves from it. Almost looks like a deer got hold of it, but none of the other plants were touched and it was also sitting next to a Yellow Bell that is in the ground. I do hope it survives!! It does have numerous seed pods on it so we will see. Thanks again!

I looked at mine before I left for the Celtic Festival and I was wrong about the variety.' Mine is a Crmson Flare. When I first planted mine it lost every single leaf but regained them a few weeks later. Good luck`.

Joy,
I was able to get a copy of the invoice of the plants we ordered for our MG plant sale. Indeed the Red Tecoma that I purchased was a Crimson Flare variety. Excited to see it come back and grow and bloom the red bells.