Re: Trees for Medit. area
- Subject: Re: Trees for Medit. area
- From: J* D* <j*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:11:40 -0800 (PST)
We Sunset Zone 17-ers are jealous. Jacarandas here
bloom in the banana belts, but only rarely leafless,
and they take forever to get big, the largest growing
in Berkeley and Oakland and other areas slightly
removed from the Pacific. In the Bay Area they seem
happiest in the Santa Clara Valley, Zone 15, where
lovely domes of periwinkle can be seen emerging from
the suburban greenery in June.
Jason \
San Francisco
--- Nan Sterman <Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:
> I have been following the jacaranda thread with some
> amusement as
> they are so commonly planted here in the San Diego
> area that they are
> a bit too common for my taste.
>
> That said, I am a bit surprised by David's concern
> about planting
> Jacaranda along the coast. They are one of our
> most important and
> most successful ornamental trees - both in
> neighborhoods right by
> the water and those several miles inland, in cool
> and breezy coastal
> neighborhoods and those hot, windy and dry. In
> fact, there is a
> move about to make Jacaranda the official San Diego
> city tree.
>
> We have absolutely no problem with their achieving
> magnificent
> blooms. In fact, I wrote about a spectacular
> jacaranda just a mile
> or so from the water
>
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040718/news_mz1hs18szeke.html.
>
> There is a street in along the harbor in downtown
> San Diego where
> jacaranda is planted for at least half a mile as a
> street tree on
> both sides of the street. When it blooms, it is a
> spectacular sight,
> especially if you can get into one of the nearby
> highrises and see
> the trees from above.
>
> Nan
>
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