Here the pleasing sculptural curves of a chitalpa are accentuated by a late March snowfall. This is a wonderful tree for our region, a hybrid of catalpa and chilopsis linaris (desert willow). The catalpa lends hardiness, the chilopsis drought tolerance. And because it is a sterile hybrid, once it starts blooming in early summer, it continues non-stop with abundant orchid-like blooms until the first frost!
The plaza at TP, with its fine view of the Sangre de Cristos Range. As you can see, the garden is still dormant in early March. Santa Fe has wildly fluctuating springtime temperatures. Strong sun and warm daytime temperatures can push plants to bloom earlier than they normally would, then late snowfalls can often bury the flowers. Many early bloomers are fortunately equipped to survive such abuse, and usually come through with flying colors...literally!
Here the pleasing sculptural curves of a chitalpa are accentuated by a late March snowfall. This is a wonderful tree for our region, a hybrid of catalpa and chilopsis linaris (desert willow). The catalpa lends hardiness, the chilopsis drought tolerance. And because it is a sterile hybrid, once it starts blooming in early summer, it continues non-stop with abundant orchid-like blooms until the first frost!
The plaza at TP, with its fine view of the Sangre de Cristos Range. As you can see, the garden is still dormant in early March. Santa Fe has wildly fluctuating springtime temperatures. Strong sun and warm daytime temperatures can push plants to bloom earlier than they normally would, then late snowfalls can often bury the flowers. Many early bloomers are fortunately equipped to survive such abuse, and usually come through with flying colors...literally!
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