Legend has it that when a flower from the Jacaranda tree drops on top of your head, you would pass all of your exams. Its beautiful flowers are characteristic of the springtime in Pretoria, City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, where it fascinates the residents by putting a light purple carpet all over the roads.Īlthough the purple flowers remind the University students of the exams that take place around that time of the year, the elegant beauty of the Jacaranda flowers calms down the souls of many residents. In Pretoria, the Jacaranda was first introduced in Arcadia in 1888. Known for its alluring lilac blossoms, the Jacaranda tree ( Jacaranda mimosifolia) is native to South America and was introduced for decorative purposes way back in the 1800s to South Africa. For this reason, Pretoria is called the Jacaranda city. The Jacaranda in Pretoria flowers between September to November with purple flowers that paint the whole City purple. The fruit is oval flattened capsule containing numerous seeds. The leaves are bipinnate produced in conspicuous large panicles, each flower with a five-lobed purple corolla. There’s still time to have your garden looking amazing on Christmas Day.įresh Cut Christmas trees arriving first Saturday in December.The image shows the deciduous large Jacaranda tree that grows up to 20-30 m high. If they ever look untidy simply prune back by 50% and fertilise with Tim’s Fast Food. They grow one metre high and flower all summer and autumn long. Often called Butterfly plant, because when the flowers whirl in the wind they look like Butterflies.Ĭamden Council has planted these in Argyle Street in Camden and they look amazing. They also clean toxins from the air inside your house. With Christmas coming, indoor plants make inexpensive gifts. We have beautiful indoor plants and a huge range of ceramic pots. If you haven’t been to our nursery recently you won’t know how amazing our shop is looking. We have nice big plants covered in buds and blooms for just $16.99. They can be grown in pots, hanging baskets and gardens. These old fashioned flowering plants have flowers that look like ballerinas. They are already in bud and ready to flower! We have nice potted plants in the nursery today from just $24.99. It will quickly give you privacy from your neighbours and you will love the flowers. It can be pruned to any size and it could even be planted as a hedge. It’s amazing!!!!!Ĭalliandra looks like a native plant, and it does attract nectar feeding birds into your garden. This fast growing small tree has these Pom Pom like, red flowers, all year round. We have a Pom Pom tree growing in our nursery carpark. Imagine if we end up looking like Johannesburg. If you don’t have room, plant one in a local park or school.Įventually Dan hopes to turn Macarthur mauve in Mauvember. Water twice weekly with a bucket of water. Mulch around the base with Tim’s Termite Resistant Mulch. We have almost 200 trees ready to sell now at the nursery today.įor best results plant your tree on a mound of IGC Planting Compost Improved soil. They are much more uniform plants when grown from seed with straighter trunks. We decided to sell these rescued plants for $5.00 at the nursery. These got potted up until he had over 100. Then he started finding Jacaranda seedlings popping up in gardens. He would bring seed pods home in his pockets, he collected rocks too. My son Dan has had a fascination with Jacaranda trees since he was a little boy. In November it will be covered in mauve blooms, leading up to Christmas. It will cool the air around your house too. It will shade your car from the hot sun all summer long. If you have a bare, treeless nature strip, plant a Jacaranda tree. Jacaranda trees grow well in Macarthur, so it just makes sense that we should plant more. The trees provide shade from the hot sun and they bloom like this every November. The photo above was taken in Johannesburg in South Africa.Īpparently Jacarandas arrived just after gold was discovered.Īs the City expanded Jacaranda trees were planted as street trees. Jacarandas are in bloom around Macarthur.
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