UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 8:54 AM PDT In Los Angeles, no tree is more breathtaking than a jacaranda in full bloom. Its nickname of “blue haze tree” is well chosen.

The magnificence and spectacle of the jacaranda carries its own resonances — the nearest thing we have to the change of seasons witnessed throughout the rest of the country. Rarely encountered ...

Where I grew up in Southern California, the jacaranda trees cast a beautiful purple-blue haze across the rooftops in May and June. In my elementary school years, we passed under ...

Each spring, this 30-foot-high tree quietly grows flower buds that go unnoticed amid the leaves. Then suddenly, one day in May, resplendent purple blossoms pop out overhead like a fireworks display.

UPDATED: June 16, 2023 at 5:51 PM PDT Jacaranda trees are hard to miss. The trees that bloom lavender-blue flowers and can be seen in front yards and parks appear to be blooming late this year.

“It is just smothered in yellow.” The Blue Jacaranda Tree is also showing off its best colors right now. “Blue flowering trees are unusual,” Caldwell said.

While doing translation… I don’t know why… did they took that name… the blue mimosa… and the cover page image… but this was enough to give the false identify of a beautiful tree of Kathmandu. Slowly ...

When a jacaranda limb is amputated, its replacement is more like a sucker than the original limb. There is little or no branching, the tree becomes taller and less rounded. Blossoms tend to clump ...

Jacaranda is hardy in Zone 10, but the beautiful clusters of lavender-blue, trumpet-shaped blooms and fernlike foliage tempt some to plant this tree in Zone 9. Here, young trees are tender with ...

Q. I have an approximately 4-year-old jacaranda tree that has not bloomed. When should I expect blooms? -- B.W., Houston A.