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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Ah the warmth of spring has finally arrived, at least in DF. This is a nice time of year here. The nights are still cool, but nothing like the single digits of winter. It's also the warmest time of year, between March and May, though not uncomfortably so. It's windier this time of year in Mexico City, so the only complaint I have is the dustiness, though the smog of winter months isn't much of a problem anymore.

There's a tree that grows everywhere in the DF valley...don't know the name, and I'll put a picture up of it later. It blossoms purple at this time of year and gives off a pleasant smell. Nice to see whole streets decked out in purple.

If the cat in my neighborhood is any evidence, spring fever seems to be raging as well.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

Its not a jacarandah is it?

They're one of my favourite trees, especially the one in a church yard in a particular little town in Oz. When its in blossom I feel like the sun is always out and everything is fine.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Same color but the trees here have a different-looking bark and aren't as flowery.

It seems some of my neighbors are getting into the swing too, with some spring cleaning.

MO39 · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

Oh, Guy, how I miss the wonderful jacaranda trees in bloom this time of year in many parts of Mexico! Maybe the Mexican and Australian varieties are cousins but not identical twins.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Ok, so they are called jacaranda...now we know for sure.

They seem to be prominent in Guadalajara too. Never saw them in Acapulco, but they have a whole world of other amazing plants there.

MO39 · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

Besides the D.F., I remember seeing them in Queretaro and on the campus of the Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo just down the road from Texcoco.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

Jacarandahs are indigenous to Mexico. They vary in size (and bark colour) simply because of things like access to water, good soil and so on. Mexico and Australia share very similar climates, which is why you can find so many eucalypts (indigenous to Australia) in Mexico, and so many indigenous Mexican plants in Australia.

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MELEE · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

We were just talking about this at work on Friday, we have a couple of huge Jacarandas here on campus (lots of Eucalyptus trees too).
But unfortuantely this last year we didn't get enough rain, so this spring is looking a bit grim for us around here. Crying or Very sad