Re: tree-line!!
- To: "Charles E. Dills"
- Subject: Re: tree-line!!
- From: W* B*
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:00:06 -0700 (PDT)
The San Diego area is the only one in California where I have seen a
white flowering Jacaranda tree. I suppose that temperature and
humidity are just right there.
I tried to grow seeds from the tree in Berkeley, but was unsuccessful.
Elly Bade
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Charles E. Dills wrote:
> This term is usually used when one looks at a mountain and sees
> that the trees grow up to a certain level and then stop!
> However, I believe it also applies to latitude but this is not as
> sharply defined.
> I'm a great fan of flowering trees and we have a mild climate so I
> have been trying to determine which will grow here readily. But I have
> noticed that some of them vary greatly in flower production.
> Particularly pertinent right now is the Jacaranda tree. When
> treated "right" it puts out a wonderful display of blue tubular flowers.
> It's a thirty to forty foot tree so a heavily blooming specimen is a sight
> to see.
> We just returned from a short trip to Los Angeles and they are
> blooming right now. They always look great down there. And they usually
> look great in Santa Barbara.
> They are also blooming here and this year they look great. Some
> years they look very skimpy and look like they are struggling. I don't know
> what happened in the last six months to give the great bloom we're getting
> this year. It is probably the frequency, timing and amount of rain! But it
> certainly appears that we are on the "tree-line" for them and unless things
> are just right, they will have a poor bloom! ---Chas---
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