Reforma Avenue(around Lomas de Chapultepec and nearby streets).Concepción Béistegui Street / Col del Valle.Below are some places where you can immerse yourself in jacarandas: While it’s not hard to come across dozens of encounters with these trees while you wander through the city, there are certain places where their beauty is even more evident. The best places to enjoy jacarandas in town To prove that the jacaranda have their own place in the city’s culture, we need only see the many restaurants, hotels and other establishments -for example bakeries, florists and even design studios- named after them there’s also a couple of streets named after them, (Avenida Jacaranda in Coyoacan, Avenida Paseo de las Jacarandas in Colonia Santa María Insurgentes) and even an entire district (found in Delegación Iztapalapa).
And this is because the presence of these trees, and especially their colorful tops, has been imprinted in the collective imaginary. They originate in South America, in the areas that surround Brazil and Paraguay, and are fairly common in dozens of cities in the subtropical regions of the American continent.Įven if most of the city’s inhabitants ignore the names of the trees that surround them, it is almost impossible to ignore jacarandas. These trees can grow up to 30 meters in height and their wood is highly valued for carpentry. This Genus has 50 species, but the Jacaranda Mimosifolia is the most common and noticeable. In the case of Mexico City, the first places to be covered with jacarandas were long stretches of Insurgentes Avenue, as well as the España and México parks in the Condesa district. From that moment on, they would soon replicate through dozens of cities that, attracted to their lyricism and flirtatiousness, granted access to them in streets, gardens, squares and avenues. It’s important to disclose that these trees are beautiful all through the year, their branches ending in shapes that resemble lightning volts or neural networks, it is in spring, however, that they become undisputable protagonists on the landscape.Īccording to the book Árboles de la Ciudad de México (UAM, 2011), the jacaranda arrived to our country from Manaus, Brazil, through the Veracruz harbor-the first zone of the country where this tree painted the landscape.
Every year a beautiful ritual takes place in the city: hundreds of jacaranda trees become abundant with violet-blue flowers that occupate the capital.
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