In the days of spring, the city of Pretoria
filled a soft purple color made of thousands of flamboyant flower blooming at
once. This is the best time of the year in South Africa and therefore the
tourists come here more than any time because of its attraction
Originally be the administrative capital of
South Africa, Pretoria still carries the name "purple flamboyant flower
city" with thousands of flamboyant trees were planted around the corner,
roads, parks or gardens. Situated in the humid subtropical climate area, the
spring time in Pretoria began in September and lasted until May 11th. Because
of that, from the middle until late spring is the time period when purple flamboyant
start blooming.
Purple flamboyant trees in the capital Pretoria
had been brought to South Africa by chance since the 19th century. Despite this
flower was originating from South America, this species still thrive in hot and
humid climate of South Africa and drought tolerance pretty good. According to
HubPages, two purple flamboyant tree was planted first in the playground of a
school located in the Arcadia area of Pretoria in about 1888. Since then, the
number of this species begin to multiply extensively and people in the city was
strongly love this flower and they even plant them in many kind of pot.
However, as it is a strange kind and come from
outside the country, means that it is something not represent the image of the
country, purple flamboyant can only be grown under the strict supervision of
the South African government because the plant may cause loss of local
ecological balance. As a rule, authorities are allowed to retain Pretoria all number
of purple flamboyant in the city, but the trees which have died will be
replaced with a new tree species. The government must make a concession like
that because if they cut down the entire city of purple flamboyant, Pretoria
would lose an inherent characteristic – which is totally not good, they will
lose a lot of profit from visitors as a consequence.
