Jacarandas actually enjoy a bit of cold weather during the winter season. Not freezing though. Some papers I read explained that their flowering schedule is based on the last period of cold weather combined with late winter rainfall. The roots will continue to grow through the winter even if the plant is bare. I have also read some accounts of people who didn't plant their trees early enough in fall and kept them in their garage through the first winter, taking them outside on nicer days. I haven't seen that done firsthand. They then did the planting in Feb/Mar after the risk of freezing was gone. The tree was still bare, but the weather was safe. Established plants always have a better chance of making it through super-cold nights. Most of the Jacarandas in California had a late bloom in 2005 because of some exceptionally heavy March rains. My year-old tree made it through a few frosty nights (on deck in a pot), but there wasn't anything below 30. I have to guess that with proper protection for the roots and trunk it would have been okay away from the house. We will probably plant it in late September.

Hi Tino I have *Jacaranda Mimoso seeds* Send me your address. I can give some to you. Bye Jane

May be hard getting Bunnings to mail order them to Italy. I see you have put a post on GardenWeb Italia if you don't have any luck there, you may do better on the US site. Or try some on the link below, Best of Luck.. Here is a link that might be useful: GardenWeb Forums

I'm begging you - don't waste your money or time and hopes, on seed. Jacaranda can take 4-7 years from seed to flower, growing from seed is no guarantee of colour, form or vigour. The only way you can get what you want, is to track down a supplier of a GRAFTED white form, and get some references cos I can tell you here in Australia I found it very hit and miss in the early days of these becoming available, and wasted a lot of money losing badly grafted trees. And there only a couple of white ones in my local area that are anything to look at, I still think the purple are a superior one for flowering and vigour. IMHO of course heh heh Alison