What Is A Honey Mesquite?

This is a tree that is a drought tolerant one and it grows best in zones 6- 10. This tree grows slowly and it will grow up to the 25 feet tall and it will grow to 50 feet wide. The honey mesquite tree is deciduous, full sun which includes all day and full west sun. The honey mesquite tree attracts bees with nectar and / or pollen.

The honey mesquite has several special attributes which are the honey mesquite is a very graceful southwestern native that has furrowed bark and it has drooping bright green feathery foliage. It gives a fresh look and it creates filtered shade. If this tree is planted close to the coast, it will endure windy coastal sites. During the summer the honey mesquite will have a creamy honey scented flower spikes that will appear and the bees love them. The trees that are seed grown  it will bear paired thorns on the twigs. "Maverick" is thorn less. The honey mesquite tree feeds caterpillars of several species of blue butterflies.

The honey mesquite tree has many different design ideas which are the thorn less type will make a fine patio tree and it provides diffuse summer shading against south, or the west, facing building walls. This tree can be planted as counterpoint to dark green Italian cypress or a silver Mediterranean fan palm and census, architectural agaves and sotols.

There are some related low water trees that are closed related to the honey mesquite which are a thorn less palo verde opens up small yellow blooms from spring to fall in flushes. Another tree is a southwestern native which is a sweet acacia that carries fragrant golden orange blossoms that comes forth in late winter and early spring. Both of these two trees make feathery broad-spreading trees hardy to zone 8.