Foliage: Semi-Evergreen 

Mature Height: 20'-30'

Mature Width: 20'-40'

Growth Rate: Fast

Hardiness: Below 20 F

Exposure: Full Sun

Leaf Color: Green

Shade: Filtered

Flower Color: Yellow

Flower Shape: Funnel

Flower Season: Spring

Thorns: Yes

Propagation Method: Clone 

Sizes Available: 24",36",48" 

Cercidium praecox ‘AZT’, Sonoran Palo Verde. These Palo Brea clones have dark blue-green leaves and trunks. They produce brilliant yellow blooms that appear abundantly in spring and intermittently during the summer and fall months. The characteristic that sets these ‘AZT’ clones apart from seed selections is improved cold hardiness to the upper teens to low 20’s F. Whether up-lit to produce dramatic silhouette on walls and hardscapes, exploding with bright yellow spring flowers or adding a rich sculptural quality, Cercidium praecox ‘AZT’, Sonoran Palo Verde brings beauty and desert elegance to the landscape. It is one of the most popular and sought after trees in the arid landscape palette. This popularity is based on the tree's unique natural beauty, displays of bright yellow flowers, smooth green trunks and gracefully interwoven branches. Their strong visual impact makes them ideal as a theme tree for streetscape plantings, as accent trees and as individual specimens in entry monuments or at the focal point of a landscape. With their distinctive visual qualities they can bring a strong unifying look to landscapes and are often used as the theme or dominant tree in large commercial designs and street plantings.