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Description

This medium size deciduous tree grows rapidly to 18'-25' high and wide, producing long, pointed, deep green leaves. Upon these leaves grow the pink to white trumpet shaped flowers with purple markings. Over a long season, these flowers will appear in showy clusters.

Maintenance Tips

Chitalpa tashkentensis is a naturally formed, deciduous tree that can reach 18-25' tall and wide. It is fast growing, so it is important to get on a regular pruning schedule as early as possible. The best way to ensure the success of this tree is to plant it in well-drained soil in full sun. It is considered drought tolerant, but it thrives, blooms, and reaches maturity with supplemental water. Since it has a natural form, usually with multiple trunks, pruning when it is young and the branches are weak and arching, is the key to getting the shape you want it to be. Keep the branches that are growing in the direction you would like and prune out the cross branches or branches that are headed in an undesirable direction. The majority of pruning a fast-growing tree usually occurs in the first few years. Once the tree is taking on the desired shape, the more mature branches will strengthen, and new growth will occur on these mature branches.