Jacaranda trees don't they just put on the most beautiful of display ... my girlfriend always saw the Jacaranda tree as an indicator that end of year exams were here so she called them the Exam Tree ... & true, the kids are all moving towards their end of year exams soon so I wish them all the best with them.
It won't be too much longer before the flowers will be making a beautiful carpet under the trees. I always thought that the Jacaranda was a native of Australia but I've read where is it actually a native of Brazil.
Grafton, Northern Rivers in New South Wales, Australia celebrates a Jacaranda Festival every year since 1935 - they had their festival this weekend just gone & they have avenues of Jacaranda trees - they do make for a lovely sight. I've also read where Pretoria, just north of Johannesburg in South Africa is known as the Jacaranda City laying claim to having over 70,000 trees in it's city - now that would look spectacular. Everybody used to have a Jacaranda Tree in their house yard in years gone by so it's lovely to drive around the older suburbs & see them all in flower now... Our late but famous painter D'Arcy Doyle always painted a Jacaranda in his landscapes - it became his mark. Jacaranda is such a lovely colour too & a true jacaranda colour is neither blue nor mauve if you were to try & match it - me Mum taught me that little pearler...
