Tecomaria capensis Variegated Foliage Plants lovely enough to grow even

lovely enough to grow even without flowers

is preferred

black-cherry-red flowers

evergreen leaves topped in mid-spring with 15" tall flower spikes lined with small light pink flowers

Tecomaria capensis Variegated Foliage Plants lovely enough to grow even(aka: Tecoma capensis) Tecomaria capensis hails from the South African Cape (east and west) into Natal, but according to all the books, should not be winter hardy for us. Thank goodness we keep our plants illiterate. Despite being a giant clambering evergreen shrub in warmer climates, where it remains woody, Tecomaria capensis is a well behaved, very drought tolerant deciduous perennial for us, surviving our single digit winter temperatures for at