ozjohn Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Photo of a Jacaranda tree taken a week or so ago at Laidley Qld. Jacarandas flower in Oct/November and mark the start of the exam period at High Schools and Universities. Edited October 28, 2020 by ozjohn typo 6 Quote
alfnail Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Well if that doesn't inspire good exam results then not sure what will. Quote
terrysoldpennies Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 beautiful colour , is it native only to Australia. Quote
1949threepence Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 3 hours ago, ozjohn said: Photo of a Jacaranda tree taken a week or so ago at Laidley Qld. Jacarandas flower in Oct/November and mark the start of the exam period at High Schools and Universities. Very nice. Start of your Summer in Oz. Start of our long, dark miserable Winter in the UK. Quote
Paddy Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 3 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said: beautiful colour , is it native only to Australia. I am not certain but I think the Jacaranda is native to Southern Africa. Certainly when I was young my parents drank Jacaranda Sherry, which was South African. (My mother was born there.) I still have a "pottle" - half a demijohn size bottle - with the Jacaranda Sherry label on it. Currently filled with home made Apple port... 1 Quote
ozjohn Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Yes a spectacular tree native to Brazil widely planted around the world. I've seen them growing in LA and Spain as well. Grafton, NSW holds a Jacaranda Festival every year in November I'm sure they are grown in South Africa. Edited October 28, 2020 by ozjohn Typo 1 Quote
blakeyboy Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 I have one, grown from seeds I collected in the mountains between Portugal and Spain in 1986- still going strong in a pot. They won't flower in a pot usually, and only then on last year's growth, so pruning them to get them into a greenhouse every year pretty well ensures that I won't see flowers. i haven't pruned it this year, since it's going into an over- wintering enclosure that has more height to it, but I'm not crossing my fingers! A famously 'messy' tree- don't plant one by a path or you will be sweeping forever...:) Quote
ozjohn Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 Messy perhaps but the carpet of spent blue flowers are a sight to behold. Quote
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