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Beautiful Flowering Desert WillowIf you are looking for a pretty
shrub or small tree for a drought tolerant garden with great big
dramatic flowers put Sweet Desert Willow on your planting list. Chilopsis
linearis is known for large, unique flowers which bloom in
shades from pink, purple, yellow or white. If you really want to
stop traffic go for the glowing purple or hot pink shades. The
dramatic, fragrant flowers bloom on long clusters with large,
tubular 2 inch flowers with contrasting stripes. Birds will eat
the seeds and bees and hummingbirds are attracted to the
flowers. These plants put on a dramatic show in the spring when
they are in full bloom.
Sweet Desert Willow are fast growing shrubs, up to 30 feet tall
and up to 20 feet wide. The bushes are pretty even when they are
not in bloom. Their dark green, shiny leaves are thin and up to
5 inches long, giving the plant a traditional willow look. Chilopsis
can be left as a shrub, or trained into a tree with several
trunks. They take well to trimming so they can also be used as
hedges. Chilopsis blooms from spring through fall and gets long
dangling seed pods with cottony down that can measure up to 8
inches long. read rest of article |
