Pick, plant right tree for your Arizona home for shade, fruit, value, energy cost savings. ... Eisenhower recommends such small trees as desert orchid, mastic or Texas olive.

The first of our suggested desert trees: Mastic Tree 15’ tall | 20’ wide. So you’re curious about desert trees.Let’s start with this small to medium sized evergreen tree, the Mastic tree.

Pistacia lentiscus is a Mediterranean native that grows into a large shrub or small tree to 25 feet. Mastic trees can become invasive in irrigated areas. Birds typically spread the seeds.