Jacaranda season in Mexico City

What it is

The jacaranda is not native to Mexico. It was planted widely in the capital in the early twentieth century, and the choice is usually credited to Tatsugoro Matsumoto, a Japanese gardener who worked for Mexican presidents. The story goes that he was asked about cherry trees and advised that the climate was wrong for them, and that jacarandas would do better. They did. The trees flower at the end of the dry season, before the rains, when the sky is clear. The neighbourhoods of Roma, Condesa and Coyoacán, the Alameda Central and the long Paseo de la Reforma all have good stretches.

Before you go

• Mid March is usually the height.
• Walk the residential streets of Roma and Condesa, where the trees meet above the road.
• The view from the tower opposite the Alameda shows the purple against the Palace of Fine Arts.

The flowers you will see

Also part of it, and being written: Jacaranda mimosifolia, Jacaranda.

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