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  1. 07-18-2012, 10:45 PM #1
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    Purple Rain

    When I was considering whether to join my husband in California I came for a visit during "Jacaranda Season." I had never seen anything like it before...everywhere we went - splashes of vibrant purple trees. And we bought a house with a jacaranda tree in the garden. When the flowers fall off - and Oh! do they fall off...it looks and sounds like purple rain - okay - it only sounds like purple rain if you are sitting under the umbrella...but you get the idea...

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    My favorite cluster this year. It looks like a giant bunch of grapes...



    A purple rain puddle...



    People complain the trees are messy - and have recommended we remove it. NEVER! I will deal with the purple rain any day.
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  2. 07-18-2012, 11:46 PM #2
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    SOOOO beautiful!
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  3. 07-19-2012, 05:09 AM #3
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    Gorgeous! Thank you.
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    Sigh. And here I thought you were a Prince fan.

    Beautiful!!
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    I remember that tree - it's beautiful!! Hasn't it grown quite a bit it since you moved in?
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    Wow!! That tree is amazing and so beautiful. I think I would enjoy cleaning up after the purple rain too.
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  7. 07-19-2012, 09:42 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
    Sigh. And here I thought you were a Prince fan.

    Beautiful!!
    I'm going to be singing that song in my head all day now. EAR WORM!

    That is a beautiful tree. Purple is my favorite color.

    We have all kinds of flowering trees in this area and there is one that has all kinds of tiny white petals on it (don't know what kind it is) and when they start to drop it looks like snow.




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  8. 07-19-2012, 09:43 AM #8
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    Beautiful! Do they have a nice aroma too?
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  9. 07-19-2012, 10:57 AM #9
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    Beautiful! Reminds me of the wisteria in my yard, but it spreads outwards and puts out vine-like runners that will climb anything they can find. I have purple flowers all the way to the top of a huge maple tree.
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  10. 07-19-2012, 11:33 AM #10
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    Both trees are truly beautiful! Thanks for sharing them with us!
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    What beautiful flowers on that tree! Gorgeous!
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  12. 07-19-2012, 08:44 PM #12
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    Cataholic Sigh. And here I thought you were a Prince fan.
    Did you ever wonder...during the build up to Y2K, why Prince was the only one who seemed to know we would go from 1999 to 2000?

    Randi I remember that tree - it's beautiful!! Hasn't it grown quite a bit it since you moved in?
    Like everything here - it really grows! We keep it trimmed though...

    Felicia's Mom Beautiful! Do they have a nice aroma too?
    I am sad to say - there is no aroma. They look like lilacs - which I miss so much - but they don't smell like anything!

    Thank you all. I will tell my tree it was admired!
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  13. 07-20-2012, 03:16 AM #13
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    Wow!!!
    Whenever I have been there I was wondering when the tree would be in full bloom. As it is mid July this is a late and gorgeous jacaranda
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    Magnificent! It would encourage anyone to move to California.
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