JACARANDA TREES AT CITY HALL

In December 1990 a "Polar Express" came through Santa Cruz, CA and killed over a 1000 trees with temperatures as low as 11 degrees! All of the trees around City Hall died. I was the field supervisor of tree maintenance then so I had an opportunity to choose the trees that would replace them. I chose Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) trees.














Here is an example of what a mature tree looks like.

Santa Cruz is about as far north as they can grow without being affected by fridged temperatures. This photo was taken while the tree crew was planting one of the 60" box trees across the street from the Civic Auditorium in 1996.