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product_id: 642641817
title: "Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells - Desert Willow - Plant in 12 cm Pot"
brand: "hortus planta"
price: "VT3593"
currency: VUV
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url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/642641817-chitalpa-tashkentensis-summer-bells-desert-willow-plant-in-12-cm
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# Showy blooms Moderate watering Full sun lover Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells - Desert Willow - Plant in 12 cm Pot

**Brand:** hortus planta
**Price:** VT3593
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌺 Elevate Your Garden with a Touch of Exotic Elegance!

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- **What is this?** Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells - Desert Willow - Plant in 12 cm Pot by hortus planta
- **How much does it cost?** VT3593 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Key Features

- • **💧 Easy Care:** Requires moderate watering, ideal for busy professionals who love a low-maintenance garden.
- • **🌷 Summer Blooms:** Enjoy stunning light pink trumpet-like flowers from June to August, adding color to your summer.
- • **🌿 Unique Heritage:** Cultivated since 1960 in Uzbekistan, this rare gem is a conversation starter.
- • **🌞 Sun-Kissed Growth:** Thrives in full sun, making it the perfect addition to your vibrant outdoor space.
- • **🌼 Award-Winning Beauty:** Proud recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, elevating your garden's prestige.

## Overview

Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells is a hardy, deciduous shrub known for its stunning light pink blooms with yellow throats and purple veining. This unique plant, cultivated in Uzbekistan since 1960, thrives in full sun and requires moderate watering, making it an excellent choice for gardeners seeking beauty with minimal effort. With an RHS Award of Garden Merit, it promises to enhance any garden space.

## Description

Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells is an unusual large shrub, eventually a small multibranched tree if not pruned and rare in production in the Uk. It is unusual as it is not native to anywhere! It was raised in 1960 at the Uzbek Academy of Sciences Botanical Gardens in Tashkent, Uzbekistan by crossing a Chitalpa tree with a Catalpa. It has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Despite its lack of ancient heritage, it is nonetheless a superb deciduous plant that, despite its tropical looks, is hardy to around -10C. In very cold northern areas, it may suffer frost damage and flowering is likely to be curtailed. It’s common name, Desert Willow, refers to the willow type leaves that are bright green, elongated and cover the stem from early spring. In autumn they turn attractive shades of warm yellows. This variant, Summer Bells, produces glorious clusters on upright stems, of drooping trumpet like, showy blooms that are light pink in colour with a yellow throat and purple veined markings, in abundance from early June to late August on new growth. As a bigeneric hybrid between two species, this tree is sterile so will not produce any fruit/seeds. The flowers have a sweet, delicate fragrance. Easy to grow in most fertile moist but well drained soils, in a full sun, sheltered location. This is one plant you really should not plant in shade. While Summer Bells does not require pruning it is tolerant of pruning to reduce and maintain a smaller size plant. Prune after flowering up to, but no later than the end of September. An excellent subject for pot growing. Use a good quality John Innes compost as this plant will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade, become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year. John Innes is a soil based compost.

## Features

- Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells, raised in Uzbekistan in 1960 is rare in production in the Uk.
- Chitalpa tashkentensis Summer Bells is a hardy, deciduous, medium size shrub, which has been granted the RHS Award of Garden Merit
- Produces glorious clusters on upright stems, of drooping trumpet like, showy blooms that are light pink in colour with a yellow throat and purple veined markings from June to August
- Easy to grow in full sun in a sheltered location in most moist, fertile soils.
- Uk Plant Passport Number 143952

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Product Dimensions | 10 x 10 x 10 cm; 113.4 g |
| Expected blooming period | Summer |
| Moisture needs | Moderate Watering |
| Sunlight exposure | Full Sun |
| Manufacturer | Hortus Planta |
| Item model number | 733968089168 |
| ASIN | B0D6PTQWDG |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Hortus Planta
- **Colour:** Green
- **Expected blooming period:** Summer
- **Sunlight exposure:** Full Sun
- **Unit count:** 28.3495 gram
- **Product care instructions:** Keep The Soil Moist, Well Drained Soil
- **Moisture needs:** Moderate Watering
- **Number of items:** 1
- **UPC:** 733968089168

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*Last updated: 2026-03-20*