The COMPLETE Guide to the Texas Native Esperanza (Tecoma Stans) | Texas Native Plants

[@berb-182]

Really loving these Central Texas native plant videos! Keep ‘em coming

[@CoryAmesYT]

Glad to hear! Many more to come. 🤪

[@berb-182]

@@CoryAmesYT looking forward to them!

[@CoryAmesYT]

@@berb-182 🙏

[@MrPlito95]

fun tidbit, Esperanza means "hope" in Spanish. Very fitting name for such a beautiful golden flower!!

[@CoryAmesYT]

Oh wow, good to know!

[@kellyngrey4950]

Love these! They are very hardy and can grow quite big and bushy with neglect! My sister planted hers in 2022 and basically ignored it all of this year and it has gone bonkers this summer! I've since done a few very small trims on it, but it's definitely *the* garden hotspot for butterflies, buzzing flying things, and hummingbirds!

[@CoryAmesYT]

thank you for sharing! what part of tx are you in if I might ask??

[@CoryAmesYT]

@@kellyngrey4950 oooo, good tip! Maybe I'll have to reach out to them.

[@c4tx1]

I bought two of these a couple weeks ago? Is it ok to plant this late in the year?

[@CoryAmesYT]

which part of the state are you in? Most likely, In a perfect world (so you know), I'd plant them in earlier/mid fall. Late fall should be totally fine, but I would just make sure that before you have any hard freeze warnings that your plant is well-mulched and deeply watered. very deeply! You should be fine. :) And for esperanza, all the leaves will die off. I usually cut mine back to the ground after winter anyways. Even better, because you planted now, they'll be even better settled to handle the severe heat in summer. The one I planted in this video often looked worse for wear because I planted it late in the spring season. It looks great now, but I needed to give it special attention during summer.

[@claudiajherrera]

Any tips on transplanting them mine has overgrown my front garden. I would like to plant it in my backyard where it can do its thing.

[@CoryAmesYT]

wait till the dead of winter and cut it back all the way. Then, dig it up as deep as you can to try and get as much of the base roots as possible. Most important piece is the dead of winter, piece! They are very resilient plants that will be just fine.

[@claudiajherrera]

@ thank you so much for the advice! 😀

[@CoryAmesYT]

@@claudiajherrera no problem!