GOLDEN TRUMPET VINE

,Golden Trumpet Vine, Allamanda cathartica, is also called  Yellow Allamanda, Yellow Bell, Angel's Trumpet and a host of other names. It's a scrambling, perennial shrub or vine growing up to 15 feet long.

Native to northern South America, all parts of the plant and considered poisonous -- thus the "cathartica" in the Latin name. Traditionally the flowers have been used as a laxative.

In order to thrive, the plant really needs lots of sun and moist, loose soil, and it just can't stand salt. Notice the white sap the vegetation exudes when cut.

The species has been cultivated for many years and many horticultural varieties have been developed from the wild stock.