March 12, 2010 Susanna Dadd In the Garden, Plants Tecoma smithii March 12, 2010 Susanna Dadd In the Garden, Plants ingarden-tecomasmithii This plant from South Africa loves heat and sunshine. It grows quickly (but not as fast as its unruly cousin, Tecoma stans) and should be cut back and shaped in fall and after the first spring blooming. Bees love it. Susanna Dadd