Plant of the Month
Blue Palo Verde Parkinsonia florida Plant Form: Tree Water Use: Very low Mature Size: 20-30 ft. tall and wide Exposure: Full sun Bloom Time: Spring (March-May) Native to: California, Arizona, Mexico Hardiness: Cold hardy to 12°F Blue Palo Verde is prized as much for its unique green branches and trunk as it is for the masses of lemon-yellow flowers that cover this fast-growing tree in spring. Its green limbs allow this graceful but thorny tree to continue to carry […]
Plant of the Month – January
Olive TreeOlea europaea Plant Form: Evergreen tree Water Use: Low Mature Size: 20-30 ft. tall x 15-25 ft. wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun Bloom Time: Spring (March – May) Native to: Mediterranean Region Hardiness: Cold hardy to 15°F Olive trees have been cherished since the time of the Roman Empire for their picturesque gnarled trunks and branches. Over the millennia, people have enjoyed the tree’s edible olives (which must be cured in brine before eating), and the valuable olive oil pressed from […]
