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Jacaranda seeds available

Last post 21-11-2009 11:01 AM by Arrem. 21 replies.

• 14/08/2009 04:21 PM
  Arrem Location: West Midlands. UK Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 90	Reply | Contact  Further to my recent post asking for help to name this rather beautiful (Jacaranda) tree. I now have loads of Jacaranda seeds available and if anyone would like some please get in touch.  I planted a few seeds a couple of weeks ago and they have all taken so the seeds are viable. There is no such thing as useless - you can always be a bad example.

• 30/08/2009 09:17 AM	In reply to
  Farai Location: Stafford Joined on: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 4	Reply | Contact  You'd be lucky to get it to grow in the West Midlands. It comes from Australia I think, and flourishes in warm-temperate climates like the Transvaal in South Africa, and in Zimbabwe. There's a very weedy specimen in the Temperate House at Kew, but I've never seen one growing outside in the UK.  Good luck anyway!

• 30/08/2009 05:37 PM	In reply to
  Arrem Location: West Midlands. UK Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 90	Reply | Contact No doubt you are correct and if they were that easy to grow we would see a lot more of them in the UK.  Still, better to have tried etc There is no such thing as useless - you can always be a bad example.

• 30/08/2009 09:07 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact  If you've got lots then it's worth risking a few outside and keeping some as pot plants just to see what happens. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 31/08/2009 12:25 AM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 392	Reply | Contact It may be fun growing the seeds. But the cold will  kill them. According to my reference books it needs temperatures above 5C in winter. Even if you get it through a winter in the Midlands  it will never flower, as we just don't have the heat and sunshine to make it thrive. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America.

• 31/08/2009 11:10 AM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact  Nice looking plant. Is it as invasive as the more common type?

• 31/08/2009 11:19 AM

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  Arrem Location: West Midlands. UK Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 90

  Reply | Contact  I dont imagine it would ever be invasive in the UK.  Unless global warming really kicks in.  However I understand there are laws against it's propogation in South Africa.  I took one through a couple of Winters in an unheated greenhouse a few years ago .  All the branches drooped and fell off but in the Spring new branches appeared.  It's just one of those fun things to try occasionally.  There is no such thing as useless - you can always be a bad example.

• 31/08/2009 11:28 AM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact Sorry - posted on the wrong thread! I meant that to go on the tree ID thread: http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/t/23725.aspx

• 01/09/2009 01:06 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact Arrem, I wonder if you could grow it indoors as a bonsai? It's a very beautiful tree and I can see why you want to have a go.

• 01/09/2009 02:40 PM	In reply to
  Arrem Location: West Midlands. UK Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 90	Reply | Contact Thanks Miranda,  I never thought to try Bonsai methods on it.  Now that is something that might be worth a go. There is no such thing as useless - you can always be a bad example.

• 02/09/2009 06:42 PM	In reply to
  Faraway Location: Joined on: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 33	Reply | Contact It's not really of any use to this post - but just for interest and relevant so I hope I will be excused.  Pretoria, in South Africa, is known as the Jacaranda City and has about 50 000 Jacaranda trees.  When in flower it is absolutely gorgeous!

• 02/09/2009 06:54 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact Wow, that's just gorgeous. Glad you posted it, Faraway!

• 02/09/2009 07:02 PM	In reply to
  Faraway Location: Joined on: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 33	Reply | Contact Thanks Miranda.  Street after street looks like that - it can be quite magical.

• 02/09/2009 07:29 PM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,976	Reply | Contact It's really beautiful and almost surreal, like a dream world. I'd love to see it for real.

• 02/09/2009 09:59 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact  That's lovely! Like the bonsai idea - maybe you could get it to flower like that? Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.