Desert Plants: Desert Willow

Desert Willow Golf Resort

Willow and Jack eat dragon fruit for the first time ever!

Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) provides some lovely color and blooms for this late in the season - Leslie Uppinghouse, a lead horticulturist at the Wildflower Center, tells us more about desert willow in this video. Leslie says you can, but it's not necessary, to deadhead the blooms to keep it blooming a little bit longer. It is a great plant that benefits pollinators including hummingbirds and bumblebees. Come see it while it is blooming! #StayWild #WildflowerCenter | Lady Bird Johnson Wild

Some uses of desert willow (Chilopsis linearis): food, bows, cloth, & more. paleoforaging.com/chilopsis-linearis Note: The Cahuilla and Mexican Kickapoo are living peoples, and many of them may continue these practices to this day. If anyone can furnish reliable evidence of any of these practices continuing, please contact me and I can add it to my research manuscript. #foraging #ethnobotany #forager #foragetexas #wildedibles #wildedibleplants #wildfood #wildfruits #edibleflowers #survivalfood #