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I made a website about the jacaranda trees of Maui, Hawaii
- WilliamEdward 7y agoThey have thousands of these in South Africa. Not sure where they came from but they're non-native there too. They create a big mess.
- jamesrcole 7y ago> Not sure where they came from South-central South America, according to Wikipedia [1]. I was wondering where they're from as they're also fairly common in my hometown of Brisbane, Australia. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia
- emmelaich 7y agoThe canonical Jacaranda town in Australia is Grafton. https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+grafton&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+grafton&source=lnm...
- dwd 7y agoHaving gone to see the cherry blossoms in Japan this year, I was wondering why we don't celebrate the jacarandas even half as much. Grafton and a heap of other small towns all have jacaranda festivals and we're obviously really bad at promoting them. The Brisbane Council classifying jacarandas as invasive weeds probably doesn't help either.
- possibleworlds 7y agoWow. We have about 12 on our short street in inner city Sydney and I thought that was impressive. I always find it bittersweet how short the bloom is.
- gHosts 7y agoIf you want Jacaranda trees galore..... Try Pretoria or Johannesburg when it is too late to start studying for end of year exams....
- spookyuser 7y agoWow this is too real.
- gHosts 7y agoThe Jacky Verandas are still bare... Get your butt behind a desk and start studying while theres time!
- Voyiatzis 7y agoThose were the days: weekdays at Wits, weekends in Pretoria.
- deskamess 7y agoHarare has its fair share too. Walked through the leaves going to school.
- yannis 7y agoJacaranda trees are possibly the most beautiful trees for residential areas. I used to leave in South Africa in a street lined with jacarandas. Only disadvantage streets need to be cleaned often and if the flowers drop on a parked car they can stain the paint.
- Stratoscope 7y agoAgreed. We have a jacaranda as do several of our neighbors. They grow well on the SF Peninsula and are awesomely beautiful. Fortunately our parking spots are far away from them.
- pvaldes 7y agoI will give you some alternatives to compare Rata tree / flame of the North, a real Maui native tree. Metrosideros spp. (the name is not related with rats, Rata tree means Iron tree) The Yellow, Pink, Rose and White lapachos, cousins of Jacaranda. Hadroanthus spp. Flamboyant, Delonyx regia Star Apple, Caimito. Chrysophyllum cainito. Golden leaves, purple edible fruits
- plumeria 7y agoJacaranda trees in bloom are amazing. The whole 12th Ave. between streets 42 and 72 in Sabana Sur, San José, Costa Rica is planted with these trees.
- numanumakid009 7y agoMap does not scroll well on mobile
- username444 7y agoHome page could also use a, you know, picture of what a jacaranda tree is.
- cookingoils 7y agoThere's a few here (https://mauijacaranda.com/places https://mauijacaranda.com/places) but ty for the suggestion :)
- cookingoils 7y agoHmm I was seeing that happening occasionally. It's just using the google maps api. What phone/browser were you trying it on? Edit: Just made some adjustments. Map should work better on mobile now.
- hoektoe 7y agoWas wondering how this came up on HN, then I saw all the South African comments.
- hkmurakami 7y agoOh that’s what those trees are! They’re quite beautiful in bloom. Thanks for your website :)
- groundCode 7y agoNice! I grew up in South Africa surrounded by jacaranda trees. One of the things I miss now that I live in Europe
- anc84 7y agoOP's history https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cookingoils https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cookingoils seems like a SEO(?) spammer to me.
- pvaldes 7y agoI tortured one of those mexican creatures some years ago. Is a very beautiful, but frustrating plant able to stand more cold than expected, but decicuous in this case. Each plant has its secrets. Have I mentioned that they smell like piss when dropping the leaves? Yup, Jacaranda trees reek in winter if the area is beyond their normal distribution and they sense any cold. Die to the ground and then resprout. Apart of this, beautifull feathered foliage and even more beautiful flowers in a big tree with elm-like bark and nice hot-cake shaped fruits.
- ggm 7y agoGrafton NSW. And Casino. Also heaps in Brisbane. The curse of University of Queensland students, Jacaranda flowers means exams time. All through the city and the riverbank. They send chemical cues and flower en masse but with temperature changes are also note breathing flowers out of season with leaves, worrisome.