I'm currently building a house in Agios Nikolaos Messinias, in the heart of the village and about 50 metres from the sea. It will have a medium sized garden of about 1000m2. I'd love to plant a Jacaranda in the garden but, whilst I've seen many such trees in Kalamata, I've not seen one close to my village.
Given that they survive in Kalamata I assumed that they would survive in AN since it is, after all, about 20 miles further south. Also, comparing the weather statistics for Kalamata and AN the average low temperature would seem to be even more favourable in AN (8c in February) than in K (6c in February).
But I have my doubts. After all, as I said, I've not seen one around AN; and the RHS says that the minimum temperature they can tolerate is 5c - and I feel sure that from time to time the temperature must drop well below 5c, given that the average low is 8c.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? And, if you think a Jacaranda wouldn't work, could you recommend another tree of similar size and with a similar wow factor which would be suitable in a mediterranean style garden?