Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia
One of the showiest flowering trees for frost-free climates, smothering itself in lavender-blue trumpets in late spring that then carpet the ground, over fine, fern-like leaves. Give it full sun and well-drained soil; heavy soil stunts it. The flower and leaf drop is messy, so keep it away from pools and patios.
- Mature size
- 35 × 23 ft
- 10.5 × 7 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 9b–11b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- May–Jun
Jacaranda at its mature size
A mature Jacaranda grows 25 to 50 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, San Marcos Growers.
Photos
Growing Jacaranda
- Grows well in
- California.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Specimen and fast growing
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- South America
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Jacaranda, that’s about 23 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Jacaranda in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.