Jacaranda mimosifolia Seeds | Blue Tree Blazing
LATIN NAME: Jacaranda mimosifolia
COMMON NAME: Jacaranda
Plant Profile
Jacaranda mimosifolia, commonly known as Jacaranda, is a fern in the trumpet-creeper family. Jacaranda is blue haze of warm avenue, and trumpet-shaped, blue-purple flowers crowd open crowns above fern-like leaves. Tree is a fine, generous presence of warm avenue, and it is a tree of open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground. Pollinating insects take to the flowers at once, adding a little wildlife interest to its garden value. All of this makes Jacaranda a satisfying plant to grow and to get to know.
Science & Biotechnology
The species features in the wider study of the trumpet-creeper family, and its traits make it a useful subject for work on germination biology, cultivation and ornamental selection. Interest from collectors and breeders has never lapsed, and good seed continues to circulate.
Uses & Benefits
In the garden, Jacaranda earns its place in borders, containers and mixed plantings, and it also rewards growers who raise plants for cutting, drying or kitchen use. Jacaranda is a fine, bold tree of warm avenue and tropical garden. It is a fine, bold tree of open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden. Give young tree warm, sheltered spot for the first years, and the blue haze will come in the long run. Getting it going is easy; keeping it going is easier still.
Jacaranda is the lavender cloud of subtropical streets, grown for its breathtaking bloom; folk records exist in South America but its glory is ornamental.
Growing from Seed
Jacaranda grows readily from seed. Surface-sow onto a light, well-drained compost, dust over a thin covering, and keep evenly moist and sunny until the seedlings show. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
The traditional uses covered above are what first made this species worth cultivating. Few garden plants carry such a documented history of use as this one does. Once the young plants are away, there is little left to do but watch them grow.
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