Cape Honeysuckle Orange – 10 Seeds
(Tecomaria capensis)
R30.00
Cape Honeysuckle Orange flowers are tubular in showy many-flowered heads and are a deep orange in color.
Common names: Cape honeysuckle, tecomaria (Eng.); Kaapse kanferfoelie, trompetters (Afr.); malangula (Swazi); umsilingi, icakatha (Xhosa); lungana, incwincwi, uchacha, udodo, ugcangca, imunyane (Zulu); molaka (Sotho).
Indoor Sowing: Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
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🌼 Flower Quick Facts
Flower Info
- 🌍 Origin / Region: Southern Africa
- 🌸 Flower Color: Orange
- 🦋 Pollinator Method: Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Sunbirds
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Perennial
- 🌾 Plant Type: Shrub
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Scrambling, Spreading
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- 💧 Water Needs: Moderate Water, Water Deeply
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Drought Tolerant, Frost Sensitive, Heat Tolerant, Moderate Cold Tolerance
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Tolerant of most soils, Well-Drained
Cape Honeysuckle Orange (Tecomaria capensis) is an attractive ornamental garden plant commonly used for screening and decorative purposes, and can also be trimmed to form a hedge. It is a fast growing, scrambling, multi-stemmed shrub which may grow up to 2-3 m high and spread more than 2.5 m. It is an evergreen plant in warm regions but loses its leaves in colder ones. Flowering time for this shrub is often flowers all year round. Flowers are tubular in showy many-flowered heads and vary in color from red, deep orange, yellow to salmon.
Common names: Cape honeysuckle, tecomaria (Eng.); Kaapse kanferfoelie, trompetters (Afr.); malangula (Swazi); umsilingi, icakatha (Xhosa); lungana, incwincwi, uchacha, udodo, ugcangca, imunyane (Zulu); molaka (Sotho)
Growing Cape Honeysuckle Orange
Indoor Sowing: Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
- Surface sow the seeds and lightly cover with a medium such as sand or seed-starting mix.
- Keep moist and place seed tray in a bright spot.
- Germination in about 30 days.
- Transplant the seedlings once they have developed sturdy roots.
- Cape honeysuckle will bloom in the second year when grown from seed.
- Can be grown in containers.
- In areas prone to frost young plants should be protected.
- It is very tolerant of periods of drought, and is well suited to water-wise gardens.
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