Meanwhile, I tried to grow a jacaranda in my front lawn a couple of years ago. Alas, it didn’t survive its first winter. (I moved from Melbourne where I grew u

Meanwhile, I tried to grow a jacaranda in my front lawn a couple of years ago. Alas, it didn’t survive its first winter. (I moved from Melbourne where I grew up to live in a rural town of under a hundred people a few years ago. This choice suggests I’m not typical.)