Botanical Name: Chilopsis linearis
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Common Name: Desert Willow; Desert Catalpa  
Plant photo of: Chilopsis linearis
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Shrub

 

Height Range

12-25'

 

Flower Color

Lavender, Pink, White

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green, Light Green

 

Bark Color

Green, Grey

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Mountain States Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

Desert Willow is a small, deciduous tree with shrubby inclinations. It grows about 15 to 25 feet tall and nearly as wide, with an open, though twiggy appearance. New bark is green, becoming brown and shaggy as it ages. Leaves are fine-textured, long and narrow, and willow-like. Remarkable, orchid-like flowers of white and pink appear in late spring and continue, to a lesser extent, all summer. It can be pruned as a multi-stemmed, low canopied tree or left more shrubby. There is a specimen at the Greater Avenues Water Conservation Demonstration Garden.