Jacaranda tree

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  1. daddysgirl

    daddysgirl Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello,

    My Dad saw some Jacaranda trees in Barcelona and I was hoping to buy him one for his birthday. I've never seen any growing here and know nothing about these things, so I was wondering if it was possible for them to do well? He lives in the New Forest and has a greenhouse.

    If anyone could help I'd really appreciate it.
    Thanks
     
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    Hello, daddysgirl. I have two Jacarandas which are in full bloom right now and they don't like frost at all. The substitute Banana Man suggested sounds good, though.

    What a super site, Banana Man. Has all the right plants for my climate, good general info as well.
     
  5. daddysgirl

    daddysgirl Apprentice Gardener

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    Thank you both. Maybe I'll get him a little one for the greenhouse and something hardier for the garden. He's got a blue garden thing going on at the moment.

    I used to love Banana Man and Crow...

    Thank you
     
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    Something else exotic for a blue garden would be Agapanthus (the African Lily or Lily of the Nile). They bloom in the summer and have strappy evergreen leaves. Mine came from the Isle of Wight so I know he'd have no problem with them.
     
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    Something else exotic for a blue garden would be Agapanthus (the African Lily or Lily of the Nile). They bloom in the summer and have strappy evergreen leaves. Mine came from the Isle of Wight so I know he'd have no problem with them.
     
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    Agree with B man Jacarandas cannot survive outside here :( even with the milder climate we have now compared to thirty years ago or so, maybe one day in the future, the greenhouse is the place for it but then frost free untill it has a decent bark to withstand the cold. [​IMG]
     
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    Something went askew with my message, arriving twice ... arriving twice ...
     
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    I grew a jacaranda for many years in a large pot, I would then prune it hard and bring it into a frost free greenhouse in November.
    This went on for about ten years, with just the top couple of inches of soil in the pot replaced every year.
    Then one year I managed to get it in without the usual prune and it flowered the following spring.
    Its possible but you need a greenhouse with lots of headroom.
     
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    Well done, Pete, getting a Jacaranda to flower in your greenhouse! You possibly know that it then takes a year for the seed pod to develop so you can grow more of the lovely critters?!

    In America (where I lived for a while) I knew of Jacarandas as houseplants, never to flower, you only grew them for the foliage. What a joy to have them in your garden .. our two have been blooming for two months now!
     
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    I grew one when we had the Palm houses open to the public. It grew to ten feet and only produced one flower. It was a mealy bug victim and was disposed of in the end. :(
    Saw some beauties in Tenerife last year along with Delonix Regia in profusion. [​IMG]
     
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    Would fancy a Flame Tree myself but afraid I haven't got room for one. Do have a Euphobia (Poincettia) which I can't get rid of and grows to 3 metres every year, being cut back to about a metre every Spring.
     
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    LoL have you ever seen a flame tree growing outside in Portugal? I thought it would be too cold as it is not as hardy as a Jacaranda, I have not seen any in the Med. Tenerife is the nearest as the temp hardly drops to below 10c in winter.
    Mine will have to stay in the glasshouse.
     
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