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 ...

Irene’s century-old horticultural roots were celebrated with the planting of 100 indigenous trees during Arbour Month.

I met my first jacaranda tree in the spring of 1989. My parents had recently moved us from a granny flat in a rough part of Anaheim to a three-bedroom, two-bath, one-swimming pool American dream in a ...

May gray and June gloom could be even gloomier this year. To the chagrin of botanists, florists and spring-loving San Diegans throughout the county, the lilac-colored blooms of the jacaranda trees are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The jacaranda tree, ...

What would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets? It depends on who you ask. “The tree stands for California at its worst: all flash, no substance, a pain left ...

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A. The tender jacaranda, or fern tree, is mostly grown in this country in southern Florida and California, but there are gardeners who grow this large shrub/small tree here in sunny, sheltered beds of ...

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 ...