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Old 04-20-2015, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Actually, there are Jacarandas in both Houston and New Orleans. If you actually get out the house, and stop wasting time posting this stuff on an internet forum, you would see that.

They keep trying, they never last. Post pics of large flowering Jacaranda trees in NOLA or Houston. I'd love to see them. On gardening forums the answer is that they never last and reach a large size.

 
Old 04-20-2015, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Yes, and even those parts of Oregon see enough cold to give those plants trouble. Never mind Nevada, where even the warmest parts have seen single digits.

Again, there is nothing stopping Houston and New Orleans from growing Jacarandas like weeds, especially in these recent times, where temps of both cites rarely bottom out below upper 20s.

Look, if they could grow like weeds in NOLA and Houston those trees would be all over the place. They are loved by subtropical gardeners and even public plantings of them are stunning all over the world.

Just google Buenos Airies and Jacaranda. You will see. Then google Jacaranda and NOLA. Nothing will come up showing them in NOLA. They don't make it. They don't get large enough size cause they are cut down by the freak winters.

And what makes you think 1980's cold isn't returning? Even before the 1980's regular severe cold hit the Southeast every decade or so. We have just have a long lull. Those hard hard freezes are returning if you look at the last two winters.
 
Old 04-20-2015, 08:36 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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Lol, so much for growing Jacaranda like weeds in NOLA.

This from a well known NOLA gardening columinst and horticulturalist.


Keep these ne'er-do-well plants out of your South Louisiana garden | NOLA.com

Tempting tropicals
Too much cold can also be an issue. When people travel to tropical areas, they often want to grow some of the plants they see. I have been asked most about two trees, jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) and royal poinciana (Delonix regia). Although planted numerous times in the New Orleans area, neither has survived for the long term because of occasional hard freezes. So they are unreliable for our landscapes.

NOLA cannot even match Syndey or New Castle or NZ in being able to grow Jacaranda. Hence, flawed subtropical climates. Notice the people there would love to grow them, but can't. Shame.

To the guy from Berkely, CA, why don't you do a little researech before claiming what can be grown where.
 
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Look, I'm a fan of these "subtropical debates", but can we please restrict them to one thread?

You are now discussing them on three threads (including this, "Australia Is A Subtropical Paradise" and "Subtropical Debate").

Give it a rest?

I think Nei should close this thread and you guys can continue discussing this at the "Subtropical debate" thread or something.
Agreed. I also think the amount of subtropical debate threads is unnecessary. Try to keep them to one thread?
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