• Plant: Boojum Tree (Fouquieria columnaris)
  • Uploaded by GardenGuyAZ
  • Info: Entire plant / 12/15/2012 / Chandler, Arizona / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: here is the picture of my Fouquieria columnaris Tree (Boojum Tree). I have had this plant for gosh...10 years now. It does not grow very fast at all. This pot is really to big for it, but I won't have to re-transplant it for awhile...lol! It's in a pot ou
Photo of Boojum Tree (Fouquieria columnaris) uploaded by GardenGuyAZ

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