Purple

We're being engulfed in purple now. Last week is was the gold trees [Tabebuia chrysotricha]--dense clouds of bright yellow flowers atop gnarly distorted trunks dotting the landscape, one of our first sure signs of spring. Now they are mostly gone. Now it's purple--jacarandas [J. mimosifolia] and queen's wreath [Petrea volubilis], but especially the jacarandas--huge, billowing clouds of purple. [Seems to me Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country" opens with something like "Loveliest of trees, the jacaranda now." Maybe not. But it's true nevertheless. Gorgeous.] 


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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