[Lara]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia

The Blue Jacaranda has been cultivated in almost every part of the world where there is no risk of frost; established trees can however tolerate brief spells of temperatures down to around −7°C (20°F). In the United States, it can be grown in many southern states, if necessary in containers. It is only regarded as naturalised in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Hawaii. It is regarded as an invasive species in South Africa and Queensland, Australia, the latter of which ha had problems with the Blue Jacaranda preventing growth of native species.

It's a "weed" here, apparently.
I came across a lot of mention of growing them in pots in southern US, but I would imagine they'd need lots of water.

It's 1st of November here today and we've gone to Level 4 water restrictions overnight.

This means that we cannot use a hose at all and it means even a reduction in hours that we can water with buckets.
Buckets can be used for watering gardens, washing cars and other outdoor uses on alternate days 4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm with no watering with buckets allowed at all on Mondays.
Pretty drastic and worrying state of affairs indeed.