Jacaranda Trees
Catherine Devlin
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Winterizing Jacaranda Trees
Comments (94)@ Sari Swede I guess it's good as is where You live. You can make a little shelter for the plant for the unusual cold winter days, but maybe it's not necessary. The roots are at least 10-12 inches (or more) below the ground and they will never be under 45F. Even if the leaves frost, the roots will be fine. Anyway it's not a bad idea to pour some wood chips around the trunk as a thermal insulation. Jacarandas drop almost 90-95% of their leaves in the winter. Just a few remain. As for the pruning: the best time to prune the Jacaranda is late winter. I usually prune mine in January. Make sure that the tool is clean you prune the Jacaranda with! Jacarandas are sensible to infections. Wherever you cut, it will branch out 2, sometimes 3 ways! Jacarandas usually bloom first when they reach 3-4 or so years of age. The tiny buds will appear in september-october and they will "sleep" during the winter. In spring the Jacaranda blooms even it has no leaves! Beautiful sight and very good smell! So You have to be careful with the pruning, because you can cut the tiny buds off when prune your plant and it will not bloom in the spring. But it's a bit far away now, you have to wait for the first buds 2-3 more years. Good luck!...See MoreJacaranda Tree
Comments (0)I have a new jacaranda tree. It has been in my yard one year and I bought it from the local nursery when it was one or two years old. So o think it's either 2 or 3 years old. At the most I think 4 years old (guessing). I don't see any branches, it's just a straight shot up about 7 to 8 ft. It does grow the green branches from the top of the tree but is there a certain point when actual wood branches will start to grow as offshoots from the main trunk? See photo:...See MoreWhats wrong with this Jacaranda tree?
Comments (6)looks like a shipping stake.. rather than a structural stake ... might not hurt to leave it there for this season ... after that.. it will be rather useless ... undersized ... but i would get rid of the plastic green tape.. and tie it with only nylons.. or all cotton sting ... so it will rot off eventually.. if you forget to remove it ... [butchers string is all cotton] a stake might be necessary.. only to hold the roots in the soil .. the first season after transplanting.. so the roots dont move around.. while they grow into the undisturbed soil ... after this year.. that should not be an issue ... so be done with it next spring.. at the latest ... in my sand soil.. i wouldnt bother with a stake at all ... but i dont know your soil ... ken...See MoreJacaranda tree with crooked trunk
Comments (4)hard to opine without a pic ... but there is no reason it should be a problem.. if that is the way the tree grew itself .. meaning.. its not injury related ... i see no downside to discussing it with the seller .. you often find out the veracity of peeps.. when you question their decisions .. should he really have sent this one out??? the common response to this type of trunk question is ... you probably wont even notice it when its a foot thick trunk .. though im not sure Js get that thick.. lol ... ken...See MoreUser
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