Botanical Name: Jacaranda mimosifolia (J. acutifolia)
Common Name: Jacaranda
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a multi-trunked tree, often grown as a single-trunked specimen, with an irregular, open, rounded canopy; fernlike foliage is mostly at ends of branches; bark is gray, fairly rough on older trees
Height 25-40' (50')
Spread 3/4-equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil sandy loam preferred; tolerates most except poor-drained
Hardiness some frost (zones 13, 15-24); tolerates heat in desert
 
Morphology:
Leaves bi-pinnately compound, opposite (to whorled at branch tips) leaves have 16 or more pairs or pinnae, each w/14-24 pairs of oblong leaflets.
Flowers blue, tubular, in terminal or axillary panicles, 2" long; corolla is 5-lobed, bilaterally symmetrical; April-July
Fruit a capsule: flattened, round, 2" diameter
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a dramatic accent tree, valued for spectacular flower display and fernlike leaves; filtered shade, hillside plantings; good for tropical or informal landscapes; messy leaf/flower drop; has brittle wood
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; overwatering induces leggy growth; older plants become drought-tolerant
Fertilizing balanced in spring, plus iron to correct chlorosis
Pruning stake and head high when young; thin out afterblooming
Pests/Diseases aphids, scales
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Brazil
Family: Bignoniaceae

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