Handroanthus Species, Lavender Trumpet Tree, Pink Trumpet Tree

A slow growing tree that can eventually reach 100' tall. A good ornamental for south Florida and southern California.

A go...Read Moreod garden tree, drought tolerant once established, it casts light shade and has a deep taproot without competitive shallow roots. This makes it a tree in whose shade grass or perennials can be easily grown. Roots do not heave sidewalks or damage foundations.

Native from northern Mexico to northern Argentina, it's the national tree of Paraguay. It is currently heavily and unsustainably harvested for its wood, called ipe in the industry (as is wood from a number of unrelated trees) and used for flooring and decking.

The inner bark has been used in traditional herbal medicine by several South American indigenous peoples.

This plant barely survives in a zone 9a garden that has seen lows of 18 degrees F in three of the past ten winters. However, it grows and...Read More flowers with no obvious damage in landscapes a little further south in zone 9a where winters rarely drop below 25 degrees. Plant this species in middle to lower zone 9a with the understanding that a severe cold front may kill it sometime in the next century. In the meantime, it can be a very attractive addition to our gardens and landscapes.

Beautiful flowering tree for Florida. Nice shade tree in summer. It drops it's leaves in Central Florida before it blooms.

We had record cold this year in Central Florida, more than 29 nights in the 20's. I was a littler nervous that some of the tree was damag...Read Moreed, but in Mid April it flowered with no signs of damage. This tree is tough. We even had one night down to 21 degrees and below freezing for more than 12 hours. Tree is doing fine. I would recommend this small tree for street plantings in Central Florida. Most of the theme parks have them everywhere.