Actual size and flowering may vary slightly based on season.
Orange Jubilee Espalier
Orange Jubilee Espalier is Orange Jubilee started flat, ready to cover a sunny wall or fence with orange trumpet flowers from spring into fall. It takes full sun and the reflected heat that walls give off. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees come to the flower clusters at the branch tips. It sets very few seed pods, so the wall stays tidy.
Best for: orange color across a sunny wall, hummingbird gardens, and narrow beds beside a patio or pool deck.
Trained flat, it covers a sunny wall or fence with orange trumpet clusters from spring into fall. It takes the reflected heat that walls give off.
The flowers come in clusters at the branch tips, and hummingbirds, butterflies and bees visit them. Plant it where you can watch from a patio.
It sets very few seed pods, fewer than other Tecomas, so there is little cleanup below it. That makes it a good fit beside a patio or walk.
A hard freeze can take it back to the roots, so retrain the new growth in spring. Tecoma leaf tier caterpillars can web the leaves in fall.
- Along a wall or fence8-10 ft apart
- Single espalier panel10 ft from the next plant
Tie the stems flat along wires or a trellis a few inches off the wall. Cut back shoots that grow straight out, and tie in new stems where you want cover.
Water every 3 to 4 days at first, easing to every 10 to 14 days by the second month. Once rooted, soak it every 1 to 2 weeks in summer and about monthly in winter.
Leaves can burn in the 20s, and a hard freeze can take it to the ground. Cut off frozen growth and do the main shaping in late winter or early spring.
Tecoma leaf tier caterpillars web the leaves together, mostly in fall. Cut off webbed tips or use Bt once or twice a season.
Drainage test first. Dig the hole and fill it with water. If water is still sitting in the hole a day later, you likely hit caliche, clay or hard soil, so fix the drainage before planting. If it drains very fast, the soil is sandy. Standing water around roots is a common reason new plants fail.
Weed cloth. Cut it away from the planting hole and where the roots will spread. Remove any plastic sheeting completely, since it keeps water and air out of the soil.
Rock or decomposed granite with no soil underneath. Bring in soil close in texture to your native soil, mix it with the soil below, and build up enough depth for roots before planting.
If you can break through. Use a breaker bar, pick, or jackhammer. Dig through the caliche and break out the solid chunks. Backfill with the soil you dug out, with no compost or manure in the hole. Confirm drainage before planting.
If you cannot break through. Dig narrow holes through the hard layer beside the root ball, not under it, and refill them with the same soil, not gravel. If it still will not drain, plant on a low mound of the same soil.
Root ball. Check the outside edges for any roots circling around. Loosen or cut those so they grow outward. Do not break up the center of the root ball.
Depth. The top of the root ball should sit at or just slightly above the surrounding soil level. Planting too deep can lead to rot and kill the plant.
Drip emitters. At planting, put the emitters on the root ball, on different sides of the plant. After about 2 months, move them to the outer edge of the root ball. Over the first year, add emitters farther out toward the edge of the branches as roots grow. Once a plant is rooted, never water only at the trunk.
How do I train Orange Jubilee flat on a wall?
Tie the main stems along wires or a trellis set a few inches off the wall. Cut back shoots that grow straight out, and tie new stems in where you want cover.
When does it bloom?
It blooms from spring into fall. Regular summer water gives the most flowers.
Can it take reflected heat?
Yes. It takes full sun and the reflected heat that walls give off, so a sunny wall suits it.
How much water does it need?
Water every few days at first, then less often as it roots in. After that, soak it every 1 to 2 weeks in summer and about monthly in winter.
Will a freeze hurt it?
Leaves can burn in the 20s, and a hard freeze can take it to the roots. It regrows in spring, so cut off frozen growth once frost danger passes and tie the new stems in.
When should I prune it?
Do the main shaping in late winter or early spring, after frost danger. A light trim in late summer is fine too.
Does it drop seed pods?
It sets very few seed pods, so there is little cleanup. Snip off any that form.
Why are the leaves webbed together?
That is the Tecoma leaf tier caterpillar, most active in fall. Cut off the webbed tips, or use Bt, an organic caterpillar spray.
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Orange Jubilee Espalier is the popular orange Tecoma started flat for a wall or fence. Below: training, bloom, water, frost, pruning and the leaf tier caterpillar.
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Orange Jubilee espalier on a wall
Tie the stems flat along wires or a trellis and trim shoots that grow straight out. It covers a sunny wall with orange trumpets.
Orange Jubilee in reflected heat
It takes full sun and the reflected heat that walls give off.
When does Orange Jubilee bloom?
From spring into fall, with the most flowers when it gets regular summer water.
Watering Orange Jubilee
Every 1 to 2 weeks in summer once rooted, and about monthly in winter.
Orange Jubilee after a freeze
A hard freeze can take it to the roots, and it regrows in spring. Retrain the new stems flat.
Tecoma leaf tier
Caterpillars web the leaves in fall. Cut off webbed tips or use Bt.
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