Jacaranda Tree's

20 years ago

We are landscaping our front and back yards and we have two very beautiful tree types that we would like to add as focal points. However we are having a few issues I am hoping someone can help us with, first is that we live in SW Florida and we are having trouble finding a jacaranda tree, can anyone on here point us in the right direction to find one? The second is that our house is on septic/with the tank being in the front yard. If we plant a Jacaranda Tree do we have to worry about the roots causing problems with the Septic unit? If so we can plant it in the back yard but then will we have to worry about the same issue with our second choice of tree... Magnolia?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Heather

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cockals_queen
Original Author
20 years ago
Well yeah for me... I found a Jacaranda and got the answer to my questions from a local nursery... Also got a D.D. Blanchard Magnolia. New problem... Putting a pool in the back yard and my king wants to put both... potentially huge trees, in the front. Any suggestions? we will be putting them in within the next week so quick responses are appreciated.--heather
Heathen1
20 years ago
in the front of the house or the front of the pool? I wouldn't have trees near the pool, unless you want to spend most of your time cleaning the leaves and stuff from the pool. We have a lone table top pine by our pool and ooooh the pine needles and the little flower cone thingies... I spend most my time cleaning them out of the pool.
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cockals_queen
Original Author
20 years ago
No, not in front of the pool. In front of the house. We are having the tree service out today to cut down the two trees we have in the back. We have one of those little pools out back now and the trees are out of control with the leaves... it seems like we currently spend more time cleaning the pool then we spend in it... so that will be over today. YES! But still planning for the front yard. I just got a load of Hybiscus to go along the fence in the back. Next week the will be delivering and planting two 25 gal Royal Palms, a 25 gal Jacaranda and a 15 gal D.D. Blanchard Magnolia. Along with the 15 Hybiscus for the back yard and 8 Yellow Crown of Thorns and 2 Small Topiariees for the front yard. Ohhhh the work ahead of me... I am loving every dirty minute of this...
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
20 years ago
I don't think I would put a magnolia by the septic tank. We had a large southern magnolia in the front yard of our old house and its roots kept invading the sewer lines. It was the only tree in our front yard and got huge. I'm not sure about the cultivar you have though. Not sure about the jacaranda's roots being invasive. I hope someone else can comment. Sounds like you are having fun landscaping :)
~SJN
Heathen1
20 years ago
About 5 years ago, I checked on the Jacaranda root question... the info that I read was that they do go a long ways.... horizontally... but I don't remember anything on the depth. You may not want one close to the house... and they are in general, a messy tree, but very beautiful.
cockals_queen
Original Author
20 years ago
Having a blast with the landscaping plans. Found all the info I needed about the Magnolia and Jacaranda trees... both are going in the front yard. Thanks to all for you advice. I have already planted some Oleander in the back yard along with about 20 Hybiscus plants. I want to do something colorful that will attract Butterflies along the back of the house. Any suggestions on what I should plant that will give me the best butterfly results?
Heather
bahia
20 years ago
For butterflies, you can't be any of the Asclepias species, Odontonema stricta, Verbena bonariensis, and Sedum spectabile. If any of the various Budleia species do well in your part of Florida, these are highly attractive to butterflies as well. If you want to have plants for caterpillars, be sure to plant Asclepias, and almost any plant in the Carrot family as well as Anise.
greenelbows1
20 years ago
Also Passiflora and Cephalanthus, if it grows there, and Hamelia. All attract butterflies here--the passies for the gulf frits, the button bush for swallowtails--
Todd Davis
9 years ago
Long shot but... I'm curious as to how this has worked out. I'm looking at Jacaranda trees as well, and I will also have a septic tank to contend with. Have the two played well together?