Jacaranda

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[bahboo]

1. one of the delights of SoCal....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. It truly is! I see their brilliant flowers everywhere. So much beauty! ♥

[BigmanPigman]

3. A couple of the streets in my

area are full of them right now. The trees line the streets on both sides. When I first moved here I always mispronounced their name.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. We see them all over town these days...they really stand out!

The name is rather exotic and very easy to mispronounce!

But their beauty is inescapable.

[Demovictory9]

4. I have.one in view of my.bedroom window

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. What a great place to have one! Lucky you.

Mine is right next to my study, so I can see it all year long.

[George McGovern]

5. Pretty colors Peggy. Nice shot!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you so much, dear George! ♥

[StClone]

9. Paulownia tomentosa or Empress Tree has very similarly shaped/colored flowers

The leaves of Paulownia tomentosa are huge elephant ears, whereas the Jacaranda has small leaflets on brackets. The Paulownia is cold hardy and has escaped and found in much of Appalachia. Jacaranda seems to be tropical and pretty tender. Two question: Does Jacaranda escape and go "wild?' And, secondly, what fragrance does the flowers have? The Paulownia is sweet and vanilla-like.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Interesting comparison!

I have never seen Jacarandas in the wild and so I have no idea if they spread that way. They do have large, disk-shaped seed pods, and I believe that those are how they spread.

These flowers have no detectable fragrance.

And these trees are definitely not cold tolerant, since they are tropical.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. What beautiful purple blooms!

Are they a shrub or a tree?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!

It's a tree, and they get pretty big. Ours is as tall as our 2 story house, and there's another one not far away that's even taller and bigger!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Here's a photo that shows the whole tree. And it's not yet fully grown!

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Thank you, Peggy.

It is indeed breathtaking!

[Hekate]

14. It's my favorite tree, with its purple carpet below its purple canopy