Desert Museum palo verde
Parkinsonia‘Desert Museum’
Thornless, upright hybrid palo verde with green bark and a long spring bloom. The most planted palo verde for patios and streets in the low desert.
Size over time
Typical landscape size 6–8 m (20–26 ft) tall and 6–8 m (20–26 ft) wide; fast growth, about 15 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the #15 install size.
Bloom
Yellow flowers, Mar–May (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).
| Plant | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Museum palo verde : Mar–May |
Design notes
- Complex hybrid of several Parkinsonia species; listed at genus level.
- Seed set is low, so litter is lighter than blue palo verde.
Regions
Native range: Hybrid selection from Sonoran Desert palo verdes.
Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.
Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.
Related plants
Plan with Desert Museum palo verde
Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.