Sydney Jacaranda Trees In Bloom

In Sydney throughout the months of October and November the Jacaranda Trees come to life, filling the city and surrounding suburbs with stunning and calming purple/blue flowers.

Some of the best places in the city to see the trees are The Rocks, Royal Botanic Gardens and Paddington.

Sydney Jacarandas in the Rocks/Circular Quay, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Jacarandas through Sydney – Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacarandas, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacarandas – Cruise Ship in Circular Quay, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacarandas Line the Streets, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacarandas in Full Bloom, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacaranda – Museum of Contemporary Art, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Opera House – Sydney Jacarandas, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Picnics in the Park – Sydney Jacarandas, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacaranda on the Shore Line, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney Jacaranda and the Sydney Icons, Image Credit Hamilton Lund

Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, the North Shore and the central business district are covered with purple flowers, as well as the town of Grafton on the New South Wales north coast. Grafton, which is often called the jacaranda capital of Australia, held the annual Grafton Jacaranda Festival last week. The town is also home to Australia’s largest Jacaranda tree, which is 30-metres-high, according to Destination NSW.

Jacaranda trees. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images

Jacaranda trees are not a species native to Australia, but can be found around Sydney. Ted Hoare, senior arborist for the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and Centennial Parklands, said Sydney’s Harbour backdrop makes the jacaranda season spectacular.

People admire the trees on McDougall Street. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images

“It’s a truly beautiful sight to view the vibrant blue flowers set against a Harbour backdrop. We have 16 trees in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, including a unique white flowering jacaranda, and nine trees in Centennial Parklands. Jacaranda trees are becoming synonymous with Sydney and as this year is the Garden’s 200th birthday, I highly recommend coming down for a visit and seeing our trees in bloom,” he said in a statement.

Local and international visitors photograph with their smart phones on McDougall Street. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images

The tourism group suggest a few places those wanting to see the trees can go. They advise that visitors head to the North Shore, “pack a picnic and head to Kirribilli, Lavender Bay, Greenwich, Waverton, Hunters Hill, Woolwich, Longueville and Wollstonecraft for a long, lazy lunch under the trees”, or head to the Eastern Suburbs, Sydney City, Inner Sydney or Grafton.

The jacaranda trees on McDougall Street. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images

The trees are so beloved that when one jacaranda, which stood in the University of Sydney’s main quad since 1928, collapsed, the university posted a new bulletin information students and mourning the loss.

Local and international visitors photograph with their smart phones on McDougall Street. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images

Students at the university “lived by the folklore that any undergraduate who fails to study before the tree’s first bloom appears will fail their exams”. However, the university knew the tree was nearing the end of its life and had taken cuttings so the tree will be replaced with one of genetically identical stock.

People admire the trees on McDougall Street. Image by James D. Morgan/Getty Images