http://www.flickr.com/photos/martie1swart/tags/jacaranda/ Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:35:56 -0700 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:35:56 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6131/buddyicons/65724937@N02.jpg?1312376773#65724937@N02 http://www.flickr.com/photos/martie1swart/tags/jacaranda/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/martie1swart/6315327499/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/martie1swart/">martie1swart</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/martie1swart/6315327499/" title="Street lined with Jacarandas"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6315327499_0528702d78_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="Street lined with Jacarandas" /></a></p> <p>Pretoria in South Africa is popularly known as The Jacaranda City due to the enormous number of Jacaranda trees planted as street trees and in parks and gardens. In flowering time the city appears blue/purple in colour when seen from the nearby hills because of all the Jacaranda trees. The time of year the Jacarandas bloom in Pretoria coincides with the year-end exams and legend has it that if a flower from the Jacaranda tree drops on your head, you will pass all your exams. This was however taken in Johannesburg.</p> Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:35:56 -0700 2011-11-05T18:40:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (martie1swart) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6315327499 Street lined with Jacarandas <p>Pretoria in South Africa is popularly known as The Jacaranda City due to the enormous number of Jacaranda trees planted as street trees and in parks and gardens. In flowering time the city appears blue/purple in colour when seen from the nearby hills because of all the Jacaranda trees. The time of year the Jacarandas bloom in Pretoria coincides with the year-end exams and legend has it that if a flower from the Jacaranda tree drops on your head, you will pass all your exams. This was however taken in Johannesburg.</p> martie1swart street flower tree southafrica purple jacaranda johannesburg panoramafotográfico http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en