If you've followed my weblog for whatever length of time, you lot know that the palo verde (Parkinsonia), peculiarly the 'Desert Museum' hybrid, is 1 of my favorite trees. While 'Desert Museum' is mutual inwards Arizona together with Southern California, it's withal fairly rare hither inwards Northern California. In this post from September 2013 I particular my request to notice one.
We eventually planted ii 'Desert Museum' together with 1 'Sonoran Emerald' (a dissimilar palo verde hybrid). Everything went good until Jan of this twelvemonth when a major branch--half of the tree it seemed--broke off inwards a windstorm. See this post for details together with photos. We removed the fallen branch together with cleaned upwards the debris. Over time, the scar healed together with past times tardily Apr the tree was covered amongst blossom buds.
Then came May 7. I was inwards Germany at the time, but this is what my married adult woman encountered that Dominicus morning:
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We eventually planted ii 'Desert Museum' together with 1 'Sonoran Emerald' (a dissimilar palo verde hybrid). Everything went good until Jan of this twelvemonth when a major branch--half of the tree it seemed--broke off inwards a windstorm. See this post for details together with photos. We removed the fallen branch together with cleaned upwards the debris. Over time, the scar healed together with past times tardily Apr the tree was covered amongst blossom buds.
Then came May 7. I was inwards Germany at the time, but this is what my married adult woman encountered that Dominicus morning:
It had been a windy night--windy plenty to drive the tree to interruption inwards one-half yet again.
When my married adult woman sent me these photos, all I could create was sigh. What I'd hoped wouldn't happen, did happen. The tree clearly wasn't stable afterwards the calamity inwards January.
As pathetic every bit the whole thing was, this photograph caused me the almost concern:
It looked similar the branch had fallen squarely onto my prized Agave 'Sun Glow'.
Fortunately, 'Sun Glow' turned out to live completely unharmed. Whew.
With our neighbor's help, my married adult woman rapidly removed the fallen branch. This is what's left of the tree:
Literally one-half of it is gone now.
We've decided to operate out what's left because the tree is inwards amount bloom together with attracts countless bees every day.
In the fall, nosotros volition take what's left together with commencement over amongst around other 'Desert Museum'. Yes, nosotros dearest it that much. And at in 1 trial nosotros know a lot to a greater extent than how to grip this fast-growing tree. Specifically, PRUNE PRUNE PRUNE. This is peculiarly of import when young. We were much besides hesitant amongst this tree, non knowing that branches that grow at besides astute an angle to the primary body are susceptible to bark inclusion that weakens the branch. While palo verdes are naturally multi-trunked, for our purposes it's amend to convey 1 primary trunk, amongst a controlled release of side branches.
In addition, I volition non H2O the novel tree at all. If nosotros constitute it inwards October, it should hold out on rainfall alone. And side past times side year, its roots tin become hunting for water. The slower the tree grows, the sturdier its branches volition be. I intend this 1 merely grew besides fast.
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