ChitalpaPhoenix's Best Fast Growing Flowering Shade Tree Chitalpa Chitalpa (Chitalpa tashkentensis) is Phoenix's premier heat tolerant flowering shade tree a stunning hybrid between the Desert Willow and Catalpa that delivers the best of both worlds. This fast growing deciduous tree produces masses of large, trumpet shaped blooms in pink, lavender, or white from spring through fall, all while shading your yard with a broad, attractive canopy. Once

Its imposing size means fewer plants are needed to fill large areas

Foliage Evergreen — columnar green stems with white rib margins year-round Bloom White to light pink flowers in spring/summer (nocturnal) Mexican Fence Post Uses in Phoenix Landscapes

often tinged purple — spring/early summer Fruit Banana-shaped

It is not a fit for a no-irrigation

Mulch — 1–2 inches of decorative gravel

Willow-Leaved Catalpa

Your Fire Barrel will have 6–8 months to settle in before its first Phoenix summer

or for soggy

Plant one as a centerpiece in a front yard or courtyard for maximum visual impact

or cluster 3 in a wide low bowl for a fuller sculptural look

Plant near a patio or window in Gilbert or Peoria where you can watch the wildlife action up close

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