Tree Ideas

Trees that thrive through the summer heat and sun are limited. Limited enough that I can make a list as I make a decision about what tree to plant next.

Palo Verde (Parkinsonia genus)

• Blue p. florida - 30 feet tall, quick growing, has thorns
• Brea p. praecox - 16 feet tall, has thorns, 
• Desert Museum p. x 'Desert Museum' (hybrid of p. florida, p. microphylla, p. aculeata)
• Foothill p. microphylla - 25 feet tall, thorns
• Mexican p. aculeata 35 feet tall, has thorns, brittle

Mesquite (Prosopis genus)

• Argentine p. alba
• Arizona p. velutina
• Honey p. glandulosa
• Chilean p. chilensis
• Screwbean p. pubescens
• Velvet p. velutina

Acacia

• Cat Claw
• Mulga
• Palo Blanco
• Shoestring, 
• Saligna
• Sweet, 
• Twisted, 
• Weeping, 
• White Thorn
• Willow,

Ash

• Fantex
• Arizona
• Shamel

Citrus

• Lemon, 
• Lime, 
• Navel
• Orange
• Grapefruit, 
• Tangelo,
• Kumquat

Ficus
Sisax (Willow)
Ebony (Texas)
Elm (Chinese)
Live Oak
Eucalyptus
Ironwood
Fern
Cyprus
Brazil
Bottle
Sissoo
Tipu
Jacaranda
Carob