Summer-Long Blooms with Exotic Fragrance

The El Nino® Chitalpa Desert Orchid is a rare hybrid with show-stopping appeal. Bred from the desert willow and catalpa, this unique plant delivers the best of both worlds—tropical-looking, orchid-like flowers and long-lasting durability. Its compact form makes it perfect for smaller landscapes, and the blooms smell like a sweet mix of vanilla and ripe melon.

Unlike traditional flowering shrubs, El Nino® puts on a show all summer long, blooming on new wood for reliable color year after year. Intricate pink-purple flowers emerge in late spring and continue to pop up throughout the season. It’s also drought-tolerant, disease-resistant, and thrives in both dry and moist conditions.

Its sweet fragrance attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, bringing life to your garden, patio, or landscape border. Despite its delicate look, this plant is low-maintenance, deer-resistant, and built to withstand heat and harsh conditions.

Compact, fragrant, and visually unforgettable, El Nino® Chitalpa Desert Orchid is as rare as it is rewarding. If you're looking to add a true conversation piece to your garden that also happens to be easy to care for, then grab your El Nino® Chitalpa Desert Orchid today!

About Proven Winners®: Proven Winners® ColorChoice Shrubs offers flowering shrubs, evergreens, and trees that have been tested for eight to ten years to ensure they outperform conventional varieties. That means bigger flowers, more colorful foliage, reblooming, disease resistance, new habits, or anything that makes them more beautiful and easier to grow in your landscape or garden.