Prosopis pubescens - Screwbean Mesquite (Plant) Size:5G

Prosopis pubescens - Screwbean Mesquite (Plant) Size:5GSummer blooming tree with yellow flowers. Fruit used as a coffee substitute. Recommended as specimen tree. Spines make it a good barrier plant. Plant Characteristics Family Name Fabaceae Species Name Prosopis pubescens Common Name Screwbean Mesquite Plant Type Tree Sun Exposure Coast Sun, Inland Sun, Water Requirement Low Soil Type Sand, fast draining Flower Color Yellow, Gold Flowering Months April, May, June, July, August, September Evergreen

Cold Hardy to 25 degrees F Distribution Selected for the garden Natural Habitat Conifer forest

If we can care for the health of our plants and soil without using chemicals

Introduced by Roger Raiche of the UC Botanic Garden

providing us with community

A wonderful host plant for moths while the buds and yellow flowers attract butterflies

” there were the People and the Land

Bulb juice can be mixed in water to produce soapy suds

under pines

Plant Characteristics Family Name Rhamnaceae Species Name Ceanothus 'Gentian Plume' Common Name Gentian Plume Ceanothus Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

s South Coast

It does spread

ranging from Eleazar