Desert Museum Palo Verde Tree (Cercidium hybrid Parkinsonia ‘Desert Museum’)

The Desert Museum Palo Verde Tree, botanical name Cercidium parkinsonia, is an attractive small to medium sized deciduous tree native to the deserts of California and Arizona. It's very drought tolerant once established and does well with full sun exposure. A fast grower, the Palo Verde tree blooms with fragrant yellow flowers in mid-spring, attracting pollinators, birds, and butterflies into your garden. The Palo Verde Desert Museum is an excellent tree for a bird garden, as birds will want to use it as a nesting habitat. As pleasing as the aromatic flowers are, it's just as attractive when it's bare thanks to its striking green colored bark and blue/green foliage. A stunning specimen during the day, it can also turn heads at night when spotlights are installed to highlight the green trunks and beautiful form of this tree. A highly durable specimen, the Desert Museum Palo Verde is ideal for desert planting thanks to its low water requirements and high soil tolerance. It's a fantastic