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Chitalpa El Niño®

Desert Orchid

  • Fragrant purple flower
  • Long blooming
  • Mounded habit
  • Looks like a combination of orchids and snapdragons

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  • Size: 3 Gallon 18-21"
  • Status: BeautiFULL
  • Availability: Online

$108.00

Success Starts With Soil

This plant is practically a unicorn, combining the best qualities of two unique plants - desert willow and catalpa. This resulted in absolutely lovely flowers that somehow look both like orchids and snapdragons, but are way easier to care for than either of those plants. You’ll get to enjoy these sweetly scented blooms starting in late spring or early summer, depending on where you live, and then sporadically throughout the summer.

Attributes
Fragrant
Long Blooming
Foliage Color
Green
Critter Resistance
Deer Resistant
Flower Color
Purple
Season of Interest (Flowering)
Late Spring
Early Summer
Summer Bloomer
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Habit
Mounding
Soil Moisture
Average Water
Growing Tips for Chitalpa 'El Niño®'

Thrives in part sun to full sun, in average soil. Prune to shape in early spring, just as the new growth is beginning to emerge.