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Vitex agnus-castus

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Common Name: Chaste Tree
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Lilac
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 12'
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Shrub to small tree, spice scented, short lived, FROM SEEDING THIS YEAR- SMALL.


Foresteria neomexicana

Common Name: New Mexico Privet
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 20'
Mature Width: 12'
Description:

Deciduos shrub/multi-trunked small tree if shaped. Yellow fall color, fast growth with water& N when young, regular deep watering.


Garden Notes: New Mexico Privet is a nice, drought tolerant shrub. Occasional water can help appearance, but is rarely a necessity. It is one of those plants that will survive, looking nice all the while with little additional water. With little additional water it stays smaller.

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.