In honor of Bill’s memory, you can #plant a #tree – use the hashtag #PlantedForBill should you choose to share images of it.
[Photo credit: Iara Lee.]
Photo credit: Iara Lee.
from AUSTRALIA: amazing… was checking out the nursery and found JACARANDA will be planted at Zaytuna farm 
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Jacaranda is my fav tree in BRAZIL! sooo pretty! “Australian streets are awash with the magnificent purple-blue blooms of jacarandas (Jacaranda mimosifolia) in late spring and early summer.
Lots of people think jacarandas are natives, but they’re not. They are native to Brazil, where they are deciduous, not because of cold winters, but because of the monsoonal wet and dry seasons. They briefly drop their leaves at the end of the dry season, then leaf up again when the rains come.
These trees can reach a height of around 10-15m, and a spread of the same size, so you need to be careful where you plant them, as they can extend a long way. One big mistake some people make is to let a jacaranda overhang their swimming pool, where the fallen flowers rapidly clog up the pool’s filter. However, planted in the right spot, a jacaranda is a magnificent shade tree.
While the most common flower colour for jacarandas is the lovely purple-blue, there is a white-flowered form called ‘White Christmas’, but it is much harder to find this one at nurseries, and you’ll probably need to get it ordered in for you. For the most reliable blue colour, and faster flowering, look for a modern grafted form. Jacarandas are readily available at nurseries in tropical and warm temperate zones.”
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Photo credit: Iara Lee.
My sis getting hands on, preparing coffee and ice cream bean to be planted
Photo credit: Iara Lee.
the major academic fallacy: ‘I think, therefore I have acted’.
‘in reality, information is only a potential resource when it is put to use!’