Re: Jacaranda looks good with red (Was Brachychiton acerifolius

Are there any other species of Jacarandas grown in
medit climates besides J. mimosifolia? What a
magnificent blossom, even in marginal districts.
-Jason Dewees
 San Francisco, a climatic and cultural exception to
California, however physically attached.

--- Tony and Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Tony's account of Jacarandas having been teamed with
> Brachychiton in
> Sydney reminds me of Nairobi before the withdrawl of
> the British when
> the beds down the magnificent main avenue were
> planted with Jacarandas
> in a ground cover of pegged-down Bougainvilleas in a
> rich shade of dark
> crimson. The effect was truely splendid.
> (Brachychiton never reached
> East Africa, though I am sure it would have done
> well there).
> 
> Thanks Tony for so much useful and interesting
> information about the
> climate of eastern OZ and the distribution of
> Brachychiton. It greatly
> amplifies what I already have in the Australian
> Widflower Catalogue
> 
> Moira
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ, "two and a bit"
> islands surrounded 
> by water in all directions - 5000 miles to Chile to
> the east,
> Australia 1500 miles NW, South Africa 6000 miles to
> the west.
> 


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