Texas Gardening: Texas paloverde, 1 by goofballTex

goofballTex wrote:
Is anyone familiar with Texas paloverde? I have three seedlings, and I noticed right away that they seem to show two distinct phenotypes. One is larger, and two are smaller. The smaller ones have oval-shaped leaves, with the leaflets packed closely together, while the larger one has long, straight leaves, with the leaflets spaced about 1mm apart from each other. The cotyledons are different, too, with the larger seedling having flat, rounded-rectangular cotyledons, while the ones on the smaller seedlings are curved like saddles. Even as seeds, there was a noticeable size difference corresponding to the larger and smaller seedlings. They are all about the same age, as they sprouted about the same time, and I know they are the same species because they all came from pods from the same tree. Has anyone noticed anything similar in grownup trees? Do you think maybe it's a developmental thing, or perhaps paloverdes have separate male and female trees?

The image is of the larger seedling.