Great Glendale Trees
Take a stroll in Glendale’s Xeriscape Garden, located at the main library at 5959 W. Brown Street, and get some great ideas for low-water, desert trees you can plant right in your own landscapes. Here are a few of the garden’s highlights:
Blue Yucca: Growing to about 12 feet in height with a 5-foot spread, this desert tree-like succulent takes full sun and requires little maintenance and very little water.
Mesquites: This fast-growing desert tree requires infrequent deep waterings and will provide your yard with an expansive canopy.
Ironwood: Single or multi-trunked evergreen trees, the Ironwood is found only in the Sonoran Desert and blooms with beautiful lavender to pink flowers.
Desert Willow: This native low-water tree is tolerant to many soil types and loves both full-sun and shade.
Palo Verde: Arizona’s official state tree, this tree boasts beautiful blue- or yellow-green branches and billowing yellow blossoms in the spring.
Rare trees: The garden also features two trees on the Great Trees of Arizona list as rare and unique trees—the Chinese Lantern tree and the Neem tree (the Neem tree is native of India and is used to make mosquito repellent).
About Arbor Day
Arbor Day, founded in 1872, is a nationally celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. Glendale recognizes the importance of trees and budgets about $700,000 for the care and planting of trees annually. There are 104 different kinds of trees in Glendale; the Chinese Elm and Arizona Ash are the most prevalent. |
