#743 most planted
Chitalpa tashkentensis
Morning cloud chitalpa · also Morning cloud, Chitalpa
Multi-trunkDeciduous
529
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
6
cities
3.0 in
median trunk (8 cm, 392 measured)
35 yr
median age (96% have a planting date)
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Chitalpa is an intergeneric hybrid flowering tree with lanceolate leaves and frilly, trumpet-shaped flowers. It is an unusual small flowering accent tree, often multi-trunked or low-branching, useful in riparian or native garden settings. It blooms best in full sun with moderate moisture and displays a grayish-white bark in winter.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3160.07%36 yr1.5 in
- 1420.11%1.3 yr3.0 in
- 340.01%4.8 yr5.9 in
- 230.01%0.6 yr2.0 in
- 100.01%—7.0 in
- 40.01%—3.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 25–35 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 4.7 in, 90th percentile 9.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Chitalpa in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.