This is the 2nd year I've had my 'Desert Museum Palo Verde,' which is according to one online source "... a natural hybrid, resulting from 3 other Palo Verde tree species – Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia mexicans), Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida) and Little Leaf Palo Verde (Parkinsonia microphylla) trees."  Has no thorns and few seed pods. I got one with multiple stems since I understand the single trunked ones have tendency to fall over unless staked. Has a long blooming period. Every day it's swarmed by native pollinators and regular honeybees. In the picture is Xylocopa sonorina, the valley carpenter bee (new taxon designation). That's a Hakea salicifolia behind it.  I'm testing both plants to shade more sun-sensitive palms behind/below them.

3 minutes ago, Hillizard said:

got one with multiple stems since I understand the single trunked ones have tendency to fall over unless staked.

🤔 Highly suspicious of that info.  " Straights " or " Multi " ..As i've heard some people refer to trunk arrangement on individual specimens..  =  see equal #'s of both come down during our summer storms / significant wind events outside Monsoon Season..

Damage to multi - trunked specimens can actually be worse since you're opening up more of the trunk to post damage issues. Have ceen plenty where all the leaders spilt away from the center too, leaving nothing. . 

Single trunked trees do run a bigger risk of total blow down,  if the canopy mass greatly exceeds the trunk's diameter / weight it can handle.. That's also a major cause behind failure of large canopy sections on single - trunked D.M. specimens.  Staking it does nothing.. Seen 2" dia 8ft tall metal stakes ripped out of the ground when an entire tree comes down.

Biggest thing w/ this tree is keeping growth reined in and moving at a steady pace,  rather than allowing them to grow as fast as they can ( if babied / provided lots of water ) and proper pruning. 

1 minute ago, Silas_Sancona said:

🤔 Highly suspicious of that info.  " Straights " or " Multi " ..As i've heard some people refer to trunk arrangement on individual specimens..  =  see equal #'s of both come down during our summer storms / significant wind events outside Monsoon Season..

Damage to multi - trunked specimens can actually be worse since you're opening up more of the trunk to post damage issues. Have ceen plenty where all the leaders spilt away from the center too, leaving nothing. . 

Single trunked trees do run a bigger risk of total blow down,  if the canopy mass greatly exceeds the trunk's diameter / weight it can handle.. That's also a major cause behind failure of large canopy sections on single - trunked D.M. specimens.  Staking it does nothing.. Seen 2" dia 8ft tall metal stakes ripped out of the ground when an entire tree comes down.

Biggest thing w/ this tree is keeping growth reined in and moving at a steady pace,  rather than allowing them to grow as fast as they can ( if babied / provided lots of water ) and proper pruning. 

Good info Nathan. My tree is positioned in the back corner of the yard, near a high wood fence, so it's protected from strong wind gusts. With its growth rate I can already see the benefits of pruning though!😉