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Jacaranda & Small Gardens

20 years ago

I have a small garden but I want a Jacaranda, a big tree.

I usually accept the facts: the tree is big, the garden is small. Don't get the tree.

But I really like Jacarandas. And I got some seeds for Christmas. . .

Would a jacaranda do well and flower in a large container? Or would it outgrow the container so quickly that it would be far more trouble than it's worth?

Could a Jacaranda be pollarded, the way avenue trees are done in Europe?

I usually don't like pollarding. Something like that is done here with Crape Myrtles. They cut back the new branches every year to the old trunk. I hate it. It destroys the natural form of the tree. And I love the natural form of the jacaranda. However, I am in a borderline zone, and Jacaranda's do tend to have wind damage here, so I was thinking that maybe pollarding would be a solution. I could enjoy the flowers, if not the picturesque tree form. And it would be easier to protect the tree from cold/wind damage.

But I don't know if the Jacaranda would take to pollarding or bloom well if this was done to it.

I'm even considering going over to the Japanese gardening forum and investigating dwarfing techniques.

If it's really not worth it, then I'll drop the idea, but if there is a way, I'd like to try it.

Thanks,

Bill

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  • 20 years ago

    There are dwarf varieties of Jacaranda already available. If you enter into Google 'dwarf jacaranda' you will find them and they are supposed to take down to 25F and 20F when mature-they also bloom when small in pots. From seed I think they take a long time to bloom and you will end up with a huge tree.

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