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Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers are also popular with hummingbirds, but I can't seem to catch one on camera here

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122745-desert-mallow.jpg Here's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon RoadHere's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon RoadHere's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon RoadHere's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon RoadHere's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon RoadHere's one of the butterflies I see in the Desert willow (Chilopsis) flowers on Black Canyon Road: probably a Monarch butterflyThumbnailsI ride the 3/4-mile rough road into the mouth of Borrego Canyon off Black Canyon Road

Although it's not native to the San Francisco Bay Area, this deciduous California tree can grow in a San José backyard without any supplemental water and bring you hummingbirds: I have one.