Jacaranda season

November - the jacarandas flower - the uni students stress.

[Louise]

A lovely splash of purple!

[Lesley]

Lovely pop of colour.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I love the color of these trees. They don't grow here in the Northeast. Good shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

sweetly held

[Batya]

love the shock of color

[sally agnew]

I miss being able to grow these beauties :)

[FBailey]

Love these trees, never have them here

[Marnie]

Well put!

[Rob Z]

Hi Louise , Lesley and Batya - They are a great colour - and they look more spectacular because they drop all their leaves in summer. A bit back to front bit it makes them look fabulous. Thank you all for your comments. :)
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[Rob Z]

@olivetreeann Thank you Ann - I don't know where they originally came from - do you have them in parts of the USA?

[Rob Z]

@hermann Maybe our white cedars make up for them?

[Rob Z]

@fbailey They are pretty neat in summer - but not natives and they can spread quite easily into the bush. I don't know where they originally came from - I would guess somewhere hot...

[Rob Z]

@fbailey I did a Google:
Jacaranda trees are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. I guess that's why theu're in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast - but not up here - we get frosts.

[Rob Z]

@golftragic :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@robz I don't think so- but it seems to me that if we did have them, they'd be down south somewhere- like Florida or Georgia & Louisiana.