Cercidium floridum

(blue palo verde)

deciduous

• hardy
• Reflective heat, sun
• average watering, dry, drought resistant
• medium growing
• Native to Arizona, opportunistic, small thorns at nodes, often found in places that flood.
• Yellow flowers in spring (red dot on petal), old bark is gray-brown.
• Low maintenance.
• Small to medium patio tree.
• Desert and tropical.