I would love a few of each. The Poiciana seeds that I planted never came up....I have dwarf white iris, hollyhock seeds, Hopi Red Dye seeds (red amaryth), and I will have lots of Chinese Parasol seeds to trade. Just let me know.....Thanks, Cliff

I don't know what conditions they like. You might try asking your local extension service or you might catch more attention if your message has a title like "Jacaranda tree problems". Here is a link that might be useful: Texas extension services

Well, I don't have any specific knowledge about this species, since it obviously doesn't grow in the northern Continental U.S. However, based on your account -- it grew from 10 to 30 feet in about 18 months, it sounds like Jacaranda is a very vigorous grower. Probably the thing that would come closest here would be Tree of Heaven. IMO, with such a fast-growing tree, given that the root ball was tipped over, and no doubt a lot of roots severed, it probably would be a good idea to cut the tree back pretty significantly. I would think tree species with that much growth potential have a lot of "life force" and would be able to recover pretty quickly. Cutting back the tree would allow the roots to regrow, balance out the root and top growth, and hopefully help prevent it from toppling over again in the next wind or rain storm from having an oversized top and small root system. And, once it does start to regrow, I would think that applying a good tree and shrub fertilizer would certainly help it to recover.

My advice would be to find a prominent place you want the tree to be located and account for its mature size, then get it out of the pot and into the ground. Make sure you soak the pot thoroughly before planting. Make sure you soak the hole you have dug thoroughly. When you plant the tree, make sure you do not plant too deep, better to plant too shallow than too deep. Once you plant it you should not need to water it very often, Jacaranda like to get dry in between watering and you will kill it by over watering, the hard part will to be to resist watering. If its already damaged it will likely not improve immediately, be patient. I would water once a week or less since we are getting monsoon rains. Once we get into fall water it every two weeks. During winter and into spring I would only water it once a month just to keep the roots moist. Expect leaf loss in the winter and do not increase the water. You need to cover it the first couple years during winter if there is an expected frost. Once they get big enough to where you cant cover them you do not need to worry about it. You can take the top green shoot and train that as the new central leader. Im attaching a link to a picture to show what I mean, but basically you take a stick as tall as the tree ,and strap it to the main trunk, then take the green shoot at the top and strap that to the stick. Best of luck Matt Here is a link that might be useful: new central leader