The jacarandas are heralding spring’s approach.
Bathing in the purple rain as the blossoms fall…
Many thanks to Tatsugoro Matsumoto, one of the first Japanese immigrants to Mexico, for recommending to President Álvaro Obregón that jacaranda trees from Brazil be planted in Mexico City.
Now, throughout Mexico, underneath the purple rain we walk. And, this time of year, I always smile, remember, and begin humming Prince’s Purple Rain and Jimi’s Purple Haze.
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Just got back Friday from Mexico City where I was thoroughly enjoying the jacarandas, flowers still on the trees and the purple rain all over the ground. We have some here in the SF Bay Area, but I think they bloom more around June or July. Thanks for the lovely photos.
This year, I began noticing the purple splashes a little over two weeks ago on the bus from Puebla to Oaxaca.
Beautiful. I recall flying into Mexico City one spring and seeing vivid spots of purple everywhere….jacarandas!
Even if they are non-native, they really have become a harbinger of spring in Mexico.
Memories of trips to Taxco to buy silver jewelry — we always went when the jacarandas were out. There was a lovely one in the courtyard of our hotel. And, approaching Oaxaca by bus — looking out over the city rooftops you can see the lavender everywhere. Thanks for reminding me!
Perhaps brought on by last summer’s record rainy season, this spring the jacaranda’s are more spectacular than usual!
Just gorgeous! I always think of Oaxaca when I see jacarandas.
The second time I came to Oaxaca, it was in February 2008 and I member being blown away by the jacarandas in bloom lining the carretera on the drive down to Ocotlán.
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