trees in Phoenix with purple blossoms
James J. Lippard
right now? There are some of them up and down Central Ave. in the
downtown area (south of either Thomas or McDowell).
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"Jim Perry" <jpe...@acbcoop.com> wrote:
> Jacaranda - Not sure about the spelling though.
>
> James J. Lippard <lip...@discord.org> wrote in message
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you ride by. You don't smell much of the outdoors while in a car....
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Chris W.
Jim Perry wrote:
> James J. Lippard <lip...@discord.org> wrote in message
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> > Does anybody know what the trees are in Phoenix which have purple blossoms
> > right now? There are some of them up and down Central Ave. in the
> > downtown area (south of either Thomas or McDowell).
> Jacaranda - Not sure about the spelling though.
Thanks. When I first moved here, someone told me they were Magnolias.
That's what I called them ever since. Whichever, they're absolutely
gorgeous this time of year.
Chris
James J. Lippard
>In article <YVE_2.678$ff1.1...@news2.randori.com>,
> "Jim Perry" <jpe...@acbcoop.com> wrote:
>
>you ride by. You don't smell much of the outdoors while in a car....
Cecil Adams' _The Straight Dope_ identified at least the following
four as "sperm trees":
Ailanthus, Chinese chestnut, carob, and California privet.
(See http://www.straightdope.com/columns/961101.html)
I thought it was olive trees along the sidewalks of the UA campus that
had the blossoms with that smell in the spring.
Bay
"James J. Lippard" wrote:
> In article <7hfe08$s4r$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, PhxBrd wrote:
> >In article <YVE_2.678$ff1.1...@news2.randori.com>,
> > "Jim Perry" <jpe...@acbcoop.com> wrote:
> >> Jacaranda - Not sure about the spelling though.
> >
> >Motorcyclists often call them "Come Trees", as they smell like semen as
> >you ride by. You don't smell much of the outdoors while in a car....
>
> Cecil Adams' _The Straight Dope_ identified at least the following
> four as "sperm trees":
>
> Ailanthus, Chinese chestnut, carob, and California privet.
>
> (See http://www.straightdope.com/columns/961101.html)
>
> I thought it was olive trees along the sidewalks of the UA campus that
> had the blossoms with that smell in the spring.
>
I also used to have a Bradford Pear tree (back east) that had that same
smell..... great to look at but ooooh, that smell! I guess we can safely
say that there are many trees with this wonderful aroma!
By the way, does the tree we're talking about with the purple blossoms
have clusters of these blossoms distinctly seperated from each other....
kinda like grape bunches???
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Bay
Blair P. Houghton
>By the way, does the tree we're talking about with the purple blossoms
>have clusters of these blossoms distinctly seperated from each other....
>kinda like grape bunches???
That's them.
You pronounce the J like a J: Jock-a-rhonda. They're from
the Brazilian rainforests, and there they live under the
canopy. It's a wonder they can take the constant sun in
Arizona.
I have two in my yard, and neither one flowers. Got two groups
of blossoms on one of them last year, but none this year.
Any tree surgeons out there got any idea how a species that flowers
all over the valley should not flower in my yard? I know they
both can, because the one did, slightly, and the other one I
bought while it had blossoms on it just to be sure.
--Blair
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Jim Perry
James J. Lippard <lip...@discord.org> wrote in message
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> Does anybody know what the trees are in Phoenix which have purple blossoms
> right now? There are some of them up and down Central Ave. in the
> downtown area (south of either Thomas or McDowell).
>
James J. Lippard
>Bay <ba...@REMOVEconcentric.net> wrote:
>>By the way, does the tree we're talking about with the purple blossoms
>>have clusters of these blossoms distinctly seperated from each other....
>>kinda like grape bunches???
>
>That's them.
>
>You pronounce the J like a J: Jock-a-rhonda. They're from
>the Brazilian rainforests, and there they live under the
>canopy. It's a wonder they can take the constant sun in
>Arizona.
Apparently they also do quite well in South Africa, San Diego, and
Australia. Both Pretoria and Johannesberg are apparently full of
them.
Joel B Levin
b...@primenet.com (Blair P. Houghton) wrote:
:Bay <ba...@REMOVEconcentric.net> wrote:
:>By the way, does the tree we're talking about with the purple blossoms
:>have clusters of these blossoms distinctly seperated from each other....
:>kinda like grape bunches???
:
:That's them.
:
:You pronounce the J like a J: Jock-a-rhonda. They're from
:the Brazilian rainforests, and there they live under the
:canopy. It's a wonder they can take the constant sun in
:Arizona.
Thanks. I was wondering myself. They're all up and down the road near where
I work at ASU Research Park in (barely) Tempe.
/JBL
bi...@mix.com
> Apparently they also do quite well in South Africa, San Diego, and
> Australia. Both Pretoria and Johannesberg are apparently full of
> them.
True and then Los Angeles is full of them too...
Billy Y..
bi...@mix.com
> Any tree surgeons out there got any idea how a species that flowers
> all over the valley should not flower in my yard? I know they
> both can, because the one did, slightly, and the other one I
> bought while it had blossoms on it just to be sure.
You probably need some kind of fertilizer, though I don't know
exactly what would do here. These trees don't mind the sun at
all - there are plenty of them in my neighborhood and they bloom
like crazy.
Billy Y..
Alan Zelhart
likelyhood of blooms on Jacaranda. What is happening is, you are
watering the Jacaranda way too much!!! I was doing the same thing when
I got my Jacaranda. Once I stopped watering it, it started blooming
like crazy! It has bloomed every year since. I basically turned off
all drip irrigation in that area. It gets hot and dry as a bone back
there, but the Jacaranda does not seem to mind at all.
Alan
billg
> Jacaranda - Not sure about the spelling though.
The trees are Jacaranda mimosifolia
They are commonly refered to as " Jacaranda" with the spanish "J" as
an "H" as "hackaranda" altough the correct latin is "J" as in "jack"
One of my favorite trees, a little cold tender and not as common here
in Tucson
>
> Ailanthus, Chinese chestnut, carob, and California privet.
I'd go with Carob......They stink. I believe it is only the male trees
that smell
Bill
bobsun
violet flowers now.
bobsun
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