Monday, July 13, 2009

Purple Haze

Along with various palm trees, the jacaranda is, in the mind of Your Boulevardier, the signature tree of Southern California. Its clouds of purple flowers provide a layer of gentle color over the southland's lovelier byways. The tree, it seems, can thrive in Castro Valley, too; this example was spotted yesterday on Redwood Road, south of Highway 580.

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At 9:08 PM , Anonymous Stephanie said...

It's so exciting to see a Jacaranda in the C-Vizzle! My mom fell in love with them while visiting me in Australia where I was doing a semester abroad (In my experience there are way more Jacaranda's in Australia than SoCal) and she really wanted to plant one at home. Maybe we will!

 

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