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The desert willow at the corner of our courtyard is wildly in bloom.

Gorgeous.

It is a bright yellow, not pink like the photo of another tree.

These trees are desert trees. They do need water but they do not wilt in the heat. They thrive.

There are some other trees that work. Acacias, orchid trees, cascolote (wildly yellow round blooms), Mexican bird of paradise, palo verde and some others. All have a lot of flowers.

This flowering tree thing was a big surprise to find. But there are a lot of trees that are possible in the heat.

There are even a few that don't need much water. They are all some form of cactus that look like trees.

The blooms will stay there for quite a while. When they are done, we will have other places to look for flowers. Our mexican fire birds are already going strong.

Spring is just as big an event in the desert as it is in the northeast. Only different.

Labels: desert, horticulture