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I planted some Jacarandas from seed last year, and forgot about them in my chaos garden. I then had to move, and realized I had four of them growing very close
by jondwillis 3y ago
I planted some Jacarandas from seed last year, and forgot about them in my chaos garden. I then had to move, and realized I had four of them growing very close to each other and another tree, so I (without much research) transplanted them and brought them with me.
Sadly, all but one lost all of their branches and leaves, but they are slowly starting to grow new ones. Jacarandas are all over Southern California, and I hope my little trees grow large and contribute to the beautiful spring bloom in a few years once they fully recover from the transplant shock!
I am also going to experiment with Bonsai’ing one or two of them, they look very cool.
Planting trees from seed is truly special, I highly recommend it to anyone who has a little bit of space and an abundance of seeds to pick from nearby!
- rconti 3y agomy wife absolutely loves them and would like to have one here, but i think the roots can be pretty troublesome for use in a residential yard.
- jondwillis 3y agoyes, they tend to out-compete and shade-out other plants. They're popular curbside in LA for that reason, though I worry about the topsoil quality and erosion without some cover plants.