Chitalpa
x Chitalpa tashkentensis
Deciduous-Trees
A cross between Southern catalpa and desert willow, chitalpa is a tough, drought-tolerant tree with showy, white or pink flowers.
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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x Chitalpa tashkentensis Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | x Chitalpa tashkentensis |
| Common Name: | chitalpa |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | parking lot tree, specimen, xeric garden |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 20 - 30 feet tall |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple, somewhat linear 3 to 5 inches long and up to 1 inch wide |
| Flower: | white or pink |
| Bloom Period: | late Spring - Fall |
| Fruit: | thought to be sterile |
| Bark: | gray and smooth when young, becoming slightly ridged, furrowed, and shaggy with age |
| Environment | |
| Sun: | full sun to part shade |
| Water: | drought-tolerant |
| Soil: | can withstand poor soil conditions |
| USDA Zone: | zones 6 - 9 |
| Care | |
| Pests & Pathology: | susceptible to mildew in the humidity of the Southeastern United States 'Morning Cloud' cultivar is more resistant to powdery mildew |
| Additional Notes: | as plant matures, tends to give way to an open, shrubby, loose appearance cross between Chilopsis linearis x Catalpa bignonioides cultivars ‘Pink Dawn' (light pink flowers with pale yellow corolla throat), ‘Morning Cloud' (white to pale pink flowers with purple streaks in corolla throat), and ‘Bubba' are popular |
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