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Form; Tree
Seasonality; Perennial
Size; 30 ft
tall by 30 ft wide
Leaves: Pinnate compound, oval leaflets; gray-green and
thick
Flowers: 1/2in wide lavender flowers; short bloom period in
early spring
Fruit: Pod containing dark seeds, 2in long, 1/2 to 1/4in
across
Stems/Trunks: Thorns on twigs; gray trunk, more fissured
with age, single or multi-stemmed
Range/Origin: Sonora desert
Hardiness: Sunset Zones; 8,9,11-14,18-23, 20°,
Comments:
Low litter, Thorns
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Exposure:
Full sun or reflected heat
- Water:
Low
- Soil:
Tolerant, good drainage
- Propagation:
Seed,
- Maintenance:
Moderate to high; pod and flower drop; requires
training for single trunk form
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