| Scientific Name: | x Chitalpa tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn' |
| Common Name: | Pink Dawn chitalpa, desert willow |
| Family Name: | Bignoniaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Rare tree or shrub; leaves lanceolate, most 13-18cm long x 3-4cm wide, margins entire, slightly puckered. Winter ID: multi-stem, low bole; twigs grey, pubescent, leaf scar protruding, some opposite to almost wholed, buds olive-coloured, appear squished (horizontal oval), 1-2mm long. | |