There are at least 49 known varieties of jacaranda trees, but the one most likely to fill your Instagram feed is Jacaranda mimosifolia. It produces a vibrant show of purple flowers in late spring.

Oct. 11—According to the "broken window" theory, if a neighborhood ignores a broken window — if it goes unrepaired — it sends a signal that care and concern for the neighborhood has faded or died, and ...

When you look up at a vibrant purple jacaranda tree–or a bush of bougainvillea, sprout of birds of paradise, or fragrant patch of jasmine, for that matter–you can thank Kate Sessions, a pioneering ...

Huntington Beach resident Allison Hartman says she moved to her home on Alexandria Drive nine years ago for a reason. Two words: Purple haze. “We particularly liked this house because of the beautiful ...

How can something so beautiful be so loved and hated by people at the same time? There doesn’t seem to be an in between for conflicted residents when asked what they think about the gorgeous jacaranda ...

When Los Angeles’ purple reign turns to a purple rain, some see red -- and others feel blue. That’s the jacaranda season for you. The flowering jack is back, and its lavender canopy is casting ...

Jacaranda trees are beautiful, at least until you have to clean up the mess. (File photo by Bruce Chambers, Orange County Register/SCNG) Each May, the tree blooming in front of my house reminds me of ...

It’s hard to imagine something so beautiful being so disliked — and even hated — at the same time. But that is the extraordinary fate of jacaranda trees, which are starting to bloom in Long Beach ...