Gardening Plant Encyclopedia Shrub Yellow Bells This tough shrub can grace your garden with beautiful flowers for several months. By Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln Instagram Viveka Neveln is the Garden Editor at BHG and a degreed horticulturist with broad gardening expertise earned over 3+ decades of practice and study. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for both print and digital media. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on August 5, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Colorful Combinations With its profuse number of large trumpet-shaped blooms, yellow bells stand out in most gardens. Though not fragrant, the flowers (especially red) are a favorite of hummingbirds and other pollinators like bees and butterflies. Plus, the glossy green foliage makes a beautiful backdrop for other plants when not in bloom. As they age, the plants can develop an attractive gray-brown corky bark. These 22 Colorful Shrubs Have the Most Gorgeous Foliage All Season Yellow Bells Care Must-Knows lthough it's a tough plant tolerant of many soil conditions, yellow bells must be planted in rich, well-drained soil, with medium moisture, for the most impressive display of blossoms and lushest foliage. That lengthy bloom time means yellow bells appreciates soil amended with organic matter. If you want to grow yellow bells in a container, plant them in a general-purpose potting media mixed with a slow-release fertilizer. Plant yellow bells in full sun to encourage the largest number of blooms. The blossoms will be followed by long, narrow beanlike seedpods. Let them dry on the shrub, then crack them open to get thin papery seeds. Direct sow the seeds after the last frost to start new shrubs. Soil Amendments & Nutrients New Innovations Recent breeding breakthroughs have expanded yellow bells' color options to orange and red blossoms. Breeders are also attempting to create a smaller, more compact version of yellow bells better suited to containers. More Varieties of Yellow Bells Yellow Bells Overview Description Add bright color to your garden with yellow bells, a large tropical shrub with dark green compound leaves and bright golden-yellow flowers. Native to many southern states and part of Central America, this plant is extremely heat- and drought-tolerant; in fact, it can stand up to the hottest summer weather. Yellow bells blooms from June until frost. Genus Name Tecoma stans Common Name Yellow Bells Plant Type Shrub Light Part Sun, Sun Height 1 to 3 feet Width 3 to 4 feet Flower Color Orange, Red, Yellow Foliage Color Blue/Green Season Features Fall Bloom, Spring Bloom, Summer Bloom Special Features Attracts Birds, Good for Containers Zones 10, 11 Propagation Seed, Stem Cuttings Problem Solvers Drought Tolerant, Good For Privacy 'Sunrise' Yellow Bells Denny Schrock Tecoma stans 'Sunrise' displays a red-orange throat on its flowers, which gives it the name 'Sunrise'. It blooms profusely and is a lovely addition to the mixed border. Zones 8-10 Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit