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Palo verde trees are putting on a spectacular show this month — cloaking seemingly endless expanses of foothills and deserts with their brilliant yellow blooms. “It sure seems like a banner year for ...

I couldn’t agree more with writer Maureen Gilmer’s statement that the palo verde “is the near perfect tree for our desert gardens.” The desert palo verde, with its oddly beautiful green trunk and ...