Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

25-40'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Very Low, Low

 

Growth Rate

Fast

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

Attracts Bees, Thorns/Spines

Design Styles

Ranch, Spanish

 

Accenting Features

Multi-trunk Tree, Silhouette, Specimen

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring

 

Location Uses

Background, Lawn, Parking Strip, Patio, Parking Lot, Street Tree, With Rocks

 

Special Uses

Shade Tree, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Upright tree with weeping habit that can grow to 30' tall and wide. Blooms in spring with creamy-white flower clusters followed by long, narrow beans in summer. Native across the Southwest from Arizona to Texas, north into Kansas, and south into Mexico 1-4000'. Often a multi trunked large spreading crown. Foliage is larger and brighter green than other mesquites. Troubled by scale, mistletoe and rabbits.

Planting Instructions: 1. Dig a hole 2 times the width and 1 and 1/2 times the height of the container. 2. Set rootball just above ground level. 3. Mix soil with 25% amendment and %75 soil. 4. Backfill with amended soil. 5. Build basin and water.