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Chilopsis

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Noun1.Chilopsis - one species: desert willow
genus Chilopsis
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae - trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Chilopsis linearis, desert willow - evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods


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Try some of the many graceful ornamental grasses that come in a wide range of colors or drought-tolerant trees like the colorful pink silk mimosa or the delicate chilopsis.
SUMMER'S THE TIME FOR DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
An inhabitant of arid land, the Chilopsis linearis dangles narrow leaves like a willow's, yet it bursts out in stubby trumpet blooms like its relative, the catalpa.
Isn't It a Bloomin' Crime? by MILIUS, SUSAN / Science News
In making the journey from your car to the main garden, you are likely to encounter the following: a double-flowered pomegranate with striped petals; a multitrunked Chilopsis tashkentensis tree, which is a hybrid between the catalpa and the desert willow, with pink trumpet flowers; a green and cream variegated Coprosma kirkii ground cover; a compact version of Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile); and a mounding plant with scabiosa-type leaves and lavender, staticelike flowers.
GARDENING : SAMPLING SUCCULENT WONDERS OF SAN MARINO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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