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Before I leave you with the gardening checklist for July, I would like to respond to a recent article in The Bakersfield Californian.The article stated, and I quote:“You can’t buy a jacaranda tree in Bakersfield from a good nursery because the nursery owners are too wise to sell them.”If this were true, then the nursery owners would also refrain from selling bougainvilleas and Syagrus romanzoffianum (queen palms).All should be sold with the warning that young trees or plants are tender below 25 degrees Fahrenheit to 4 degrees Celsius, but often rebound from freezes.Just one trip around town when the jacaranda trees are in full bloom will show you why people are willing to take a chance on this tree reaching maturity.As with all plant material that is not specified for our zone (8-9), it should not be used as a structure plant for your landscape.I am thankful for those persons who took the chance many years ago to plant bougainvillaea and jacaranda, as they are such...
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