Pollinator Plant List: Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) is a small tree with spectacular flowers that hummingbirds can’t resist. Ellen Zagory This is one part in a weekly series featuring the ...

Chilopsis linearis, the desert willow or desert catalpa, is prized in dry gardens for its showy, fragrant blossoms which cover the tree in summer. When many native bloomers are past their spring ...

With exotic flowers resembling orchids, the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) looks too fragile for its harsh desert origins. Its ruffled blossoms smell of violets, bloom from spring through hard ...