Small Photo Tree Name Short Description Guajillo Tree Acacia berlanderi Guajillo is a small tree with a tropical appearance that makes it ideal for patio areas. Creamy white, ball-like flower clusters appear in the spring. Grows to 12 feet tall and wide. Willow Acacia Acacia salicina Willow Acacia has narrow leaves and a weeping growth habit, making it ideal for use around water features or in oasis zones. Reaches a mature size of 40' tall by 20' wide. Sweet Acacia Acacia smalii The attractive umbrella form and fragrant, golden-yellow flowers have helped to make Sweet Acacia one of the most popular trees in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Blue Palo Verde Cercidium floridum Blue-green color with bright, yellow flowers. Moderately fast growth rate. Low-spreading. Minimal water requirements, but does best with a monthly deep irrigation in summer. Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis In the summer, Desert Willow trees are covered with fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers. Flower color ranges from white to purple, with lavender colored flowers the most common. Texas Ebony Tree Pithecellobium flexicaule A small, highly decorative tree. Dark green leaves with smooth gray bark. Slow grower. Fragrant, white or yellow flowers appear in spring. Ranges 15' to 40' tall and wide. Argentine Mesquite Prosopis alba Perhaps the fastest growing mesquite and is quite vigorous. Rough, dark trunks tend to grow more vertical than other mesquite trees. Grows to 30' tall and wide. Chilean Mesquite Prosopis chilensis Drought tolerant. Grows either singly or multitrunked with dark, coarse textured bark. Some are thornless. Yellow flowers appear in spring. Grows to 30' tall and wide. Chaste Tree Vitex agnus-castus Chaste tree is very shrub-like, but can grow to 25' tall. Long, narrow spikes of purple flowers cover this tree in the summer months. Very aromatic with a long bloom period.

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