The palo verde grows to 20-30 feet in height, is covered in a cloud of yellow flowers at this time of year, and bears decorous feathery foliage until leaf drop, at which time its trunk and ...

The Blue Palo Verde may be Arizona’s state tree, but don’t let that stop you from transplanting this magnificent specimen into your south Orange County landscapes. The Southwest native will ...

• The native Foothills Palo Verde tree serves as a “nurse plant” for saguaro cacti, providing nitrogen-rich leaf/seedpod/blossom litter to the ground, shade in summer and warmth in winter ...

Your fall plant primer • The native Foothills Palo Verde tree serves as a "nurse plant" for saguaro cacti, providing nitrogen-rich leaf/seedpod/blossom litter to the ground, shade in summer and ...

Yet it was a palo verde hybrid called Desert Museum that Perry singled out as special. It is named for Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, where three decades ago the director of natural ...

Q: I have two mature palo verde trees in the enclosed portion of our backyard (many more in the desert). They are next to each other surrounding a rock outcropping.

Palo verde beetles are big, reaching 2 to 4 inches in length when fully grown, with wings and long antennae, and are brown or black in color. While scary looking, these bugs don't bite or sting ...

Palo verde beetles are commonly found in regions with arid or semi-arid climates, including Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.

Adult palo verde beetles, on the other hand, do not eat much. They emerge from the soil primarily to mate and lay eggs. Their short adult lifespan is focused on reproduction rather than feeding.