Japanese name: ヒメノウゼンカズラ（姫凌霄花） Scientific name:Tecoma capensis
[Overview]
A semi-climbing shrub 2–3 m tall.
It is evergreen, but in Japan it is deciduous except in warm regions.
Leaves are opposite and odd-pinnately compound, 15 cm long, consisting of 5–9 leaflets.
The leaflets are broadly ovate to ovate-orbicular, with serrations.
Dense racemes 10–15 cm long are borne at the branch tips.
The flowers are orange-red, funnel-shaped, 3 cm long and 3.5 cm across, with 5 lobes at the tip arranged in two lips.
The floral tube is slightly curved.
There are 4 stamens, which protrude out of the flower.
It flowers all year round if the temperature is suitable.
The fruit is a linear capsule 3–5 cm long.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It prefers sunny, well-drained soil.
