Title: Prosopis Mesquite – Plant Of The Month | Water Use It Wisely
Headings: PLANT OF THE MONTH: PROSOPIS MESQUITE
PLANT OF THE MONTH: PROSOPIS MESQUITE
Content: Argentine mesquites need good drainage, look best with monthly deep watering, and minimal to no fertilization. Prosopis chilensis, Chilean Mesquite
Chilean mesquite is the species most often used in the landscape. A form is available without thorns or with very small thorns. This vigorous tree has a wide spreading crown, deep green leaves, and is deciduous. Care is similar to Argentine mesquite. Prosopis velutina, Arizona or Velvet Mesquite
Arizona mesquite, or velvet mesquite, is native to the Arizona desert. This mesquite has soft, velvety leaves that are gray-green in color. It has small thorns at the leaf bases, and while young branches are greenish in color, mature bark is fissured and dark brown. These mesquites are useful as a specimen tree in the desert landscape, or informally in naturalized areas. They will survive on rainfall, but like monthly deep watering during the summer.