Monday, April 22, 2019

Palo Verde Trees on Earth Day!

At the Desert Botanical Garden

The palo verde tree is native to the southwest and just happens to be the Arizona state tree.  There are probably just as many (if not more) palo verde trees as there are palm trees about the valley.  April is the time they bloom with pretty little yellow flowers.


People who have them in their yards and gardens probably get a bit annoyed at having to clean up those little yellow petals this time of year.  As you can see from these photos, there is a circle of yellow petals on the ground around them.

Along Camelback Avenue

At an office building

At a Medical Building

From the steps of the Phoenix Art Museum

These trees are everywhere in the city and they just seem to scream "spring is here" wherever I go.  I love seeing them as you can probably tell from the number of photos I've taken.   Happy Earth Day!

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful how that yellow reaches to the blue sky!

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  2. Oh my! What a beautiful sight.

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  3. Aren't they gorgeous Sharon, what a sight! I just read on Google that the flowers are edible. Wouldn't they look amazing sprinkled over a salad 🌻

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  4. I wonder why the prettiest trees tend to be the messiest.

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  5. They ARE pretty. Funny you mentioned the annoyance -- another blogger was recently complaining about them being messy and thorny, as I recall!

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  6. These are very beautiful trees. I love yellow!
    : )

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  7. Very pretty and bees love them too.

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