Palo Verde~Nature Notes~041912

The palo verdes are in full bloom right now.  The desert landscape is dotted with their yellow flowers.  We have four in our yard that are blooming.  The one out front, by the street, is so heavy with blossoms that it is nearly tipping over.  The one out back is an older one and has two little bird nests in it.  I have another one right where I feed the birds.  It's only about 3 years old and this is its first year to really bloom.  I'll try to get some photos of them this weekend. They are called palo verde (green stick) because, for most of the year, they look like plain green sticks.  Ahhhh....but in Spring, their blossoms come and open up and they adorn the landscape with their blossoms.  I always enjoy the palo verde blooming season.  We had a huge one at school, out by the playground, that one year was so full of blooms!  However, the gardeners came by and severely pruned it and honestly, I haven't even noticed it this year.  I guess I'll have to take a look tomorrow! Nature Notes for April 19, 2012.  To visit Nature Notes, please go to this link:   http://ramblingwoods.com/