[tic]

These are beautiful trees and are in bloom for about six to eight weeks at this time of year.

 

[eastadl]

looks nice. Ive always wondered why ours here wait till December to start blooming

 

[NCC1701D]

looks nice. Ive always wondered why ours here wait till December to start blooming

Probably not consistantly warm enough for it yet to bloom down there. Ours just started recently.

 

[Fabian]

I'm sure it's Jacaranda time here in Sydney as well. Lovely sight.
I know there is a Christmas song that the Jacarandas bloom, Christmas is almost here.

 

[Aaron W]

Lovely!

 

[Dimethyltryptamine]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenk1977/2983305116/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmzaphod/2993624647/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donthom/4123982506/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/terriweb/3995530622/sizes/o/in/photostream/

 

[Oriolus]

Love the jacarandas in flower. I just discovered the other day that Pretoria is also famous for jacarandas, prehaps more so then Brisbane. And apparentely because the blooming coincides with year end exams, there is a superstition at University of Pretoria that if a jacaranda flower falls on your head, then you'll pass your exams

photo by South African Tourism on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/south-african-tourism/2418526898/

photo by giovanni paccaloni on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giopac/2967327065/

 

[Jesse24]

^^Oh good I had one fall on my head the other day haha

Great photos too.

 

[crawf]

Preeetty

 

[tic]

Love the jacarandas in flower. I just discovered the other day that Pretoria is also famous for jacarandas, prehaps more so then Brisbane. And apparentely because the blooming coincides with year end exams, there is a superstition at University of Pretoria that if a jacaranda flower falls on your head, then you'll pass your exams

Yes, Pretoria, like Brisbane, is famous for its Jacarandas. They seem to do well in sub-tropical climates. Grafton in NSW is also very famous for these trees.

 

[Macca-GC]

^^Yeah, I know there's an old thing at both Bond uni and UQ where when the jacarandas come out it's time to start studying for exams.

How can we forget everyone's favourite jacarada in Brisbane:

Photo by meremail on flickr

 

[Brizer]

And they're showing off in Sydney, too.

 

[Fabian]

I saw one in bloom at the Sydney Town Hall today.

 

[Brizer]

Yep, that one at Town Hall is well known partly for its location and partly because it has the odd habit of flowering at times of the year when it's not supposed to flower.
Austin Grove at Zetland (Sydney) has a short but spectacular avenue of jacarandas with 4 rows of trees, all in bloom at the moment.

 

[kooklook]

Buenos Aires: Jacarandas (November Bloom)

http://img338.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=1330215.jpg

 

[Milan Luka]

Jacarandas ftw! Love these trees. They give a reason to actually visit New Farm Park.

Good to see someones mentioned Argentina, home of the jacarandas.

 

[hangman]

^^Yeah, I know there's an old thing at both Bond uni and UQ where when the jacarandas come out it's time to start studying for exams.

Similar to sydney uni, except it goes if you havent started studying when they bloom, youre in trouble.

 

[Meldon]

Stunning trees. They don't flower as well down in Melbourne unfortunately, but still manage to do ok.

 

[La Tour d'Argent]

And just as the Jacarandas begin to shed their flowers, the Royal Poincianas are starting to flower. :cheers:

For those that don't know, this is what a Royal Poinciana(delonix regia) looks like:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4395788493_ca438f4abe.jpg

 

[Samuel77]

:lol: its so beautiful