Medium-sized tree growing up to 20M. Long-lasting clusters of vibrant purple-blue flowers in early summer.
This tree is said to not like salt winds. The city most famous for its Jacaranda’s is Pretoria, also known as Jacaranda City, which is some 400km from the sea. It is not a particularly common plant in Karin’s Garden, though it stops you in your tracks when you see it. In Motueka it does not seem to mind where it is planted, with a healthy specimen on the seaward side of Trewavas street. Maybe we just don’t get the salt-laden winds that some coasts do?
Click here to go to the Jacaranda mimisifolia page in Karin’s Garden.