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

an extremely potent skin and eye irritant

colorful 2 to 3 ft rosette that repeats cleanly and asks for almost nothing

barrel cacti

Is Agave salmiana drought tolerant

and thriving in the poorest soils

Giant Hesperaloe's leaf tips have a minimal point

cylindrical spear-shaped leaves grow in elegant fan formations

Mulch — apply 2–3 inches of gravel or decomposed granite

Warm soil supports rapid root establishment

Space plants about 10 feet apart on center for continuous coverage

and a reliable hummingbird draw

hold it back at least 4 to 5 ft from walkways