AzScorpion
Moderator
Hi Dave,
Yep....I have one on my bank in the outer backyard.... Messy tree but very pretty with the green trunk. This is the desert and water is scarse, so Palo Verde (Spanish for Green Tree) also use the tree trunk and branches, which are green, for photosynthesis. Here a pic of mine....
Also our purple prickly pare which are way stressed by no rain this winter. the prickly pare have 1½" needles...give them a wide berth... Javelina won't eat them... Yellow and pink blossoms are waning as the palo verde blossoms. Spring time in the desert!
best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
Hi Phil, I've been hand watering all my prickly pear this year with the lack of rain. We were supposed to get some last night and today but again...nothing. Palo Verdes are great shade trees but I was sick of the mess and the maintenance with mine. I replaced it with a Joshua tree which is zero maintenance.
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