Jacaranda Tree Blooming In My Garden
See:
1. www.thesmartergardener.com/jacarandas/
Excerpts from The Smarter Gardener:
Jacarandas make fine container specimens, and should be given the same care, more or less, as tropical hibiscuses. Grow them in a mix that is half peat moss and half well-rotted compost. To produce a small, flowering jacaranda plant, you will have to root 4- to 6-inch shoot tip cuttings taken
from a mature plant in late June. Grown from seed, the jacaranda will have to reach eight or ten feet before it flowers.
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia
Excerpts from Wikipedia:
Places known for their jacarandas
Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.[1]
A cosmopolitan plant, Jacaranda mimosifolia is quite common in Southern California, Florida, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain (particularly in Málaga) and Zambia and has been introduced to most tropical and subtropical regions to the extent that it has entered the popular culture. It has been planted widely in Asia, with trees visible in many parts of Nepal, Pakistan and India.
The generic name is also used as the common name.
The city of Grafton on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, is famous for its jacarandas. Each year in late October and early November, the city has a jacaranda festival.
In the United States, the jacaranda is grown extensively in California, the Southwest, southeast Texas and Florida.
Jacaranda can be found throughout most of Southern California, where they were imported by the horticulturalist Kate Sessions. They are also planted as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area and along the frost-free coastal regions of Northern California. Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, California are known for them.
Jacarandas of the most common trees in Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city.
In Europe the jacaranda is grown on the Mediterranean coast of Spain (it is prominent in the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Andalusia, with especially large specimens present in Valencia, Alicante and Seville, and usually with earlier flowering than in the rest of Europe), in southern Portugal (notably in Lisbon), southern Italy (Naples and Cagliari have many mature specimens), southern Greece (especially Athens) and the islands of Malta and Cyprus.[citation needed] It was introduced to Cape Town by Baron von Ludwig about 1829.
In Africa, jacarandas are especially present in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, the economic hub of South Africa, Lusaka, the capital of Zambia; Nairobi, the capital of Kenya; Gaborone, the capital of Botswana and Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
Popular culture references[edit]
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans because of the large number of trees, which turn the city blue when they flower in spring. The name Jakarandastad is frequently used in Afrikaans songs, such as in Staan Op by Kurt Darren. The jacaranda trees, far from their native Brazil, bloom every October.
Water scarcity has South Africa trying to eradicate foreign species of plants and trees, including the jacaranda. Acknowledging the tree's popularity with locals, the government has announced that it will not remove the trees, but has banned the planting of new jacarandas.[12]
Jacaranda Tree Blooming In My Garden
See:
1. www.thesmartergardener.com/jacarandas/
Excerpts from The Smarter Gardener:
Jacarandas make fine container specimens, and should be given the same care, more or less, as tropical hibiscuses. Grow them in a mix that is half peat moss and half well-rotted compost. To produce a small, flowering jacaranda plant, you will have to root 4- to 6-inch shoot tip cuttings taken
from a mature plant in late June. Grown from seed, the jacaranda will have to reach eight or ten feet before it flowers.
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia
Excerpts from Wikipedia:
Places known for their jacarandas
Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.[1]
A cosmopolitan plant, Jacaranda mimosifolia is quite common in Southern California, Florida, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain (particularly in Málaga) and Zambia and has been introduced to most tropical and subtropical regions to the extent that it has entered the popular culture. It has been planted widely in Asia, with trees visible in many parts of Nepal, Pakistan and India.
The generic name is also used as the common name.
The city of Grafton on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, is famous for its jacarandas. Each year in late October and early November, the city has a jacaranda festival.
In the United States, the jacaranda is grown extensively in California, the Southwest, southeast Texas and Florida.
Jacaranda can be found throughout most of Southern California, where they were imported by the horticulturalist Kate Sessions. They are also planted as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area and along the frost-free coastal regions of Northern California. Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, California are known for them.
Jacarandas of the most common trees in Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city.
In Europe the jacaranda is grown on the Mediterranean coast of Spain (it is prominent in the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Andalusia, with especially large specimens present in Valencia, Alicante and Seville, and usually with earlier flowering than in the rest of Europe), in southern Portugal (notably in Lisbon), southern Italy (Naples and Cagliari have many mature specimens), southern Greece (especially Athens) and the islands of Malta and Cyprus.[citation needed] It was introduced to Cape Town by Baron von Ludwig about 1829.
In Africa, jacarandas are especially present in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, the economic hub of South Africa, Lusaka, the capital of Zambia; Nairobi, the capital of Kenya; Gaborone, the capital of Botswana and Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
Popular culture references[edit]
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans because of the large number of trees, which turn the city blue when they flower in spring. The name Jakarandastad is frequently used in Afrikaans songs, such as in Staan Op by Kurt Darren. The jacaranda trees, far from their native Brazil, bloom every October.
Water scarcity has South Africa trying to eradicate foreign species of plants and trees, including the jacaranda. Acknowledging the tree's popularity with locals, the government has announced that it will not remove the trees, but has banned the planting of new jacarandas.[12]