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I bought this tree from a nursery at about 7’ tall. It looked really beautiful the first year and flowered as expected. After winter it...Read More
I have one that is 20 years old that grew itself out of a 3g pot that sat from my parents nursery of rare and unusual plants. It has nev...Read More
A mature, stately specimen of X Chitalpa tashkentensis is planted on the grounds of Mountain Gardens Nursery, 503 South Curry St, Tehacha...Read More
I read repeatedly that this is not a plant for the southeastern U.S. I agree that is is not a carefree landscape plant here but I have gr...Read More
Love this tree, been in my garden for 11 years and still growing, it was a 5foot tall spindly tree when we got it, it has been reduced in...Read More
I saw this tree in Mendocino, CA about 8 years ago and fell in love with the beautiful flowers. It was in a protected open air atrium o...Read More
The only specimen at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston MA (Z6a) did not live to maturity. Perhaps due to inadequate hardiness, perhaps due to ...Read More
The first one I ever saw is in Victoria,B.C. - at the south end of the most northerly section of Shakespeare Street. It took my attentio...Read More
There are so many wonderful traits about the Chitalpa. It is a tree I would be interested in planting. I began to look into it and hav...Read More
"I have them on drip irrigation, and water them two hours per day.
I can't help but think that the soil is the culprit."
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I love mine. I thrives real well. I see many in Vegas where I live but unfortunately they are all very leggy, I prune mine usually before...Read More
This plant is literally all over Las Vegas. Doesn't provide any shade, but the flowers are pretty, and slightly smaller than it's desert...Read More
I have a 10 year old plant in my yard. Every summer the leaves start out looking nice, but then turn brown and crispy on the edges from ...Read More
2 years ago I planted 4 trees in the high desert of northern New Mexico (el. 5700'). They seem to do well with light irrigation, but ther...Read More
Planted a 4 year old, 36" boxed pink Chitalpa this past August. Hummingbirds accompanied the tree as it moved from the street to its new...Read More
These trees are very drought tolerant once established. They make a great shade tree for the high desert!
These wonderful trees & shrubs are thriving in our xeriscaped yard in Grand Junction, CO. They will die if you give them too much water!...Read More
I had five of these plants planted five years ago in my front yard. They must be the only Chitalpas in the city not in bloom. The leave...Read More
We have two and love them - so do the hummingbirds. Will add one more in spring. .. Prescott is mile-high dry with temps from-15f to ...Read More
This is a fantastic choice for the Desert Southwest Zones 7-8. They are all over Albuquerque. Here there is no worry about mildew and w...Read More
Another highlight of the east side garden. Its spring blossoms, besides being breathtaking, attract birds, bees, hummers and June bugs. T...Read More
Don't try this one east Fredricksburg Texas. The humidity will cause anthacnose fungus to turn your tree and lawn beneath
brown as...Read More
In 1964, a hybridizer in Uzbekistan crossed the Chilopsis linearis and Catalpa bignoides, giving rise to the Chitalpa Tree,...Read More