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La jacaranda es un árbol muy típico de México que da flores de un particular tono lila y es conocido por los céspedes morados que dejan estas flores al caer.
Esta es una escena particularmente bonita en el Parque de Chapultepec en México, cerca del Lago Mayor del parque.
Parque de Chapultepec.
Distrito Federal, México.
Scientific: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Common: jacaranda
Family: Bignoniaceae
Origin: Northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia into Brazil; widely cultivated in warm and tropical regions around the world. Jacaranda has been a significant and successful invader species in the northern and eastern parts of South Africa in savanna, riparian woodland and forests in sheltered situations. Also, invasive in southeastern Queensland, Australia, naturalized in Hawaii.
Pronounciation: Jac-ka-RAN-da mi-mo-si-FOO-lee-a
Photographer: Kelly Athena
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Hardiness zones:
Sunset 13, 15-24
USDA 9-11
Landscape Use: Wonderful spring accent tree, shade tree, lawn tree, park tree, commercial landscapes, street tree in southern and central coastal California.
Form & Character: In Phoenix, jacaranda is a briefly deciduous tree in winter/spring, upright, open, irregular, sometimes round headed.
Growth Habit: Moderate growth rate to 50 feet in height with a near equal spread.
Foliage/texture: Large, bi-pinnately compound leaves to 20 inches long on coarse, green brittle stems, opposite arrangement, older stems with prominent lenticels; medium texture.
Flowers & fruits: Clusters of wonderful, terminal, large showy, tubular, lilac-blue flowers; fruit is a hard, circular, dark brown pod, 2 inches in diameter ripening during the summer and fall.
Seasonal color: Lilac blue in April/May in low deserts to June in California maritime climates, yellow foliage in winter.
Temperature: Hardy to 27oF. Damaged during the coldest winters in Phoenix.
Light: Full sun, though avoid reflected or western sunlight on the trunk as it is susceptible to sunscald.
Soil: Tolerant, but well drained is preferred.
Watering: Needs deep, regular irrigations
Pruning: Elevate canopy base, shape and stake trees when young to promote a standard form, otherwise jacaranda will have multiple trunks.
Propagation: Seed, softwood cuttings.
Disease and pests: Various root and stem rot pathogens
Additional comments: Jacaranda is susceptible to high temperature trunkscald injury and low temperature freezing injury in Phoenix; because of this I do not advocate extensive use of this otherwise gorgeous landscape tree in Phoenix landscapes. Jacaranda is the great skyline tree of Santa Barbara, California. In short, this is a `California' landscape tree brought to Phoenix where it is a marginal performer because of our supraoptimal summer temperatures and winter cold. Occasionally though, winter weather will cooperate and such was the case in the 1997-98, 2002-03, and 2004-05 winters when El Nino rains induced a spectacular spring floral display. Cultivar 'Alba' has white flowers. Jacaranda trees produce moderate amounts of litter debris.
The Jacaranda cultivar 'Alba' produces brilliant white flowers.
Sticking with the University of Sydney theme I’ve got going here, let’s take a quick look at this picture. It’s a Jacaranda Tree. What so special about that? It’s a genus of 49 species of plants which are native to tropical South America mostly the Mexico, Brazil that kind of ball park area.
They are typically said to bloom close to the end of October in Australia, it also is a signal for the students of The University of Sydney that they should start to buckle up and study their backsides off, because by the time this tree will completely blossom in November, the exams will be upon them! Hence it gets its name of “exam tree”.
There are around 10 jacaranda trees around the campus, presumably so that in case you don’t walk past the quad everyday you can still keep track of your bludging, study lacking drunken weekends using other trees. It’s also a fear instilling purple monsoon that will soon consume even the brightest of minds. But it should be noted that the one in the quad (the one in the picture) is the most important of them all.
Nine-Trees for Mortal Men doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord in the Quadrangle
In the Land of USYD Where students lie
One tree to rule them all, One Tree to find them
One Tree to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of USYD where students lie.
Leave your thoughts if you’ve had a similar experience or an indicator of what you use when your exams are creeping closer.
Discovered the purple jacaranda-lined McDougall St in Kirribilli yesterday afternoon...a lovely street to take a walk, not so much if you've parked your car!
Árvore atingida por raio em 12/2014, já não existe mais, foi cortada pela prefeitura em fevereiro de 2015.
Cidade de Itaí, estado de São Paulo, Brasil.
OK, so here's the thing...
In no particular order...
It's November in Sydney.
So...
Mangoes are now officially in season. Yay!
The Jacarandas are in bloom.
There is a park near where I work where there is a lovely line of Jacaranda Trees.
I had a really stressfull week at work this week.
Designed a 32 page Computer catalogue...
and
an 8 page camera catalogue..
and designed various other things.
I've just drunk half a bottle of a very nice Stonefish Cab Sav 2006 (on my own) ... "thanks Stan"
Late October/early November is the season of stupid weather... when its either really hot, or really cold, or really stormy and sometimes all of these in one day... like today.
My boy is away, interstate at the moment... so here is a song for him...
Caro Emerald... I know that he's mine...
Duck over to youtube to hear Caro Emerald... but don't forget to come back
When I left work tonight at around 7pm, I had a choice of shooting the Jacaranda blossom in the park... or shooting the amazing sunset...
Think I should have (not should of... as they say out west) shot the sunset, because it was amazing and I missed it.
Gah!
... and the Jacarandas will still be there tomorrow.
I'm glad I don't suffer from hangovers... so tomorrow morning I will feel fine! Yay! *gloating*
and finally...
slumming it with the D700 cos' the D3s is with the Doctor. :-((((
Should have (not should of... as they say out west) been delivered back to me today by courier, but "they" missed the delivery. *Gah*
That is all.
Most of my favourite shoes are red.
Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda)
Habit along drive at Kaonoulu Ranch Kula, Maui, Hawaii.
February 03, 2010
J. mimosifolia growing in the garden (located in Central Thailand) bloomed during Summer months (April/May) when the temperature were as high as 40C during the daytime.
I have over 11 years experience creating beautiful lands in Second Life and I decided it was time to turn it into a Business.
Over this time I have developed an eye for creating environments that are photogenic, natural and realistic.
Well, the threat of rain went away so Erika wanted to do some Aldi shopping at Raymond Terrace because on the way we had to drive via the Jacaranda alleyway, and how nice that turned out to be. 😁👏
Jacaranda rufa Silva Manso - BIGNONIACEAE - Parque Olhos D'Água - Brasília - Distrito Federal - Brasil.