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They 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 ago
    The 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 ago
      Having 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 ago
      Wow. 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.