African Baobab

Adansonia digitata

“Stores its own water. Lives 2,000 years. Unforgettable.”

An entire village gathers under this tree in Africa. It stores hundreds of gallons of water in its trunk. It lives longer than most civilizations. Zone 10b and warmer — if your winters are mild enough, plant one. When it matures, it looks like the earth itself decided to become a tree. Nothing else on a residential lot will ever look like this.