Panhandle Native, Tree, Full Sun


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Chilopsis linearis

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Common Name: Desert Willow
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Pink and white
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 20 feet
Mature Width: 12 feet
Description:

A great tree or shrub. Blooms off and on through summer. Colors range from dark pink, pink, or white.


Garden Notes: Dilute Nitrogen and water when young will speed growth. However this faster growth may result in weaker limbs. Heavy, wet snow can break these weaker limbs. Occasional (twice a summer) deep watering is good for better flowering and growth.

Celtis reticulata

Common Name: Netleaf Hackberry
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 20 feet
Mature Width: 15 feet
Description:

Native tree, birds love seed, gets a gall that deminIshes looks. Will reseed itself in garden from bird droppings.


Garden Notes: Hackberry is a very tough native tree. It is gangly looking when young. Keep pruning up branches for tree. Not the most refined looking tree, but it is a good selection for outlying areas.