hop to it!!..

...and while Australians LOVE the purple blossoms of the jacaranda and celebrate its blooming with festivals it is a 'migrant' unlike the indigenous roo and quenda.
The first jacaranda tree was planted in Brisbane's Botanical gardens in 1864.

"In the 1850s Queensland was sending wheat and grain to South America, On returning, they would unload at Kangaroo Point cliffs' wharfs and the first curator of the gardens, Walter Hill, would row across the river and exchange seeds and plants with visiting sea captains.A visiting sea captain from South America gave Walter Hill the first jacaranda, which he planted at the rear of the city botanic gardens in 1864."