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"bobharvey" wrote in message
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Possible re-post. I posted on this yesterday via Gurgle Gropes,, but
it has not appeared there today.

Yesterday I was driven under an arching avenue of Jacaranda trees in
full blossom, an endless corridor of lavender-blue against a dark and
thundery african sky. It was heartbreakingly beautiful, and set me
wondering.

Can I grow the thing in Lincolnshire? Our ever-changing climate is
making me wonder about lemons and peaches, but what about Jacaranda?

I saw the same thing in an avenue in Buenos Aires, the trees were so
beautiful I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

I have some Jacaranda seeds I purchased in Tenerife recently, so I'm going
to see if I can get them going. If we all have friends with large enough
greenhouses, or even polytunnels, who will host them, who knows, maybe
they'll bloom.

someone

I agree .... the jacarandas in Bs. Aires are absolutely breathtaking.
The parks, plazas & avenidas and even the golf courses are a riot of
blue. It's a wonderful city in any case but worth visiting for the
jacaranda alone (at the right time of year Nov/Dec/Jan)
--
Tom W.
Deepest Dorset