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jacarandaAny of a group of tropical American trees belonging to the bignonia family, with fragrant wood and showy blue or violet flowers, commonly cultivated in the southern USA. (Genus Jacaranda, family Bignoniaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Easy" gives us Hodges' painting of a jacaranda tree beginning to lose its blossoms, "the inexplicit purple shawl about the lovely old neck, / easy on the grassy shoulders," and lets us become the beholder, "who sees all in a rush" that the tree letting go is "truer" than the tree's earlier "bright fanfare," All kinds of trees: sequoias, flowering cherry trees, maples, magnolia, jacaranda, wisteria vines," says Zamora, who helped to oversee various aspects of the landscaping, from the five miles of irrigation pipes to the planting of 25,000 plants--ranging from shrubs to roses to seasonal flowers--all in nine months. Predictable, yet always breathtaking, is the sight of Jacaranda trees in full flower. |
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