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| The Jacaranda. |
The tree itself is rather unassuming most of the year with small and slender foliage, and the pods or fruit is rather odd looking, a dark brown, flat and wonky disc with seeds tucked away inside and also a favourite play thing for the cockatoos. But as the weather warms and usually coupled with high humidity and rain, it displays its true colours.
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| The blue trumpet-like flowers of the Jacaranda. |
All of a sudden, as I look on the ground outside, a few pale violet (or as some would call it - Jacaranda Blue), trumpet-like flowers sit daintily on the ground, and up above the tree has blossomed, a burst of colour some years the bloom is so intense that the leaves are almost covered over.
Jacaranda, the Portuguese word meaning to have a hard core or hard branch. For me it is just beautiful, almost ethereal.
Til next year...
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| Fallen blooms. |
Til next year...
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| Jacaranda pod. |
