A jacaranda tree blooms with purple flowers. - Pulpitis/Getty Images When they're in full bloom, jacaranda trees are some of the most gorgeous flowering trees around. For gardeners and homeowners who ...

When tanks overflow, nutrient rich water drips directly onto the ground below. Soil under these branches becomes richer than ...

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 ...

The jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) is a tropical tree that produces clusters of fragrant purple blooms. Its branches are arched, forming a canopy shaped like an upturned umbrella. The ...

The annual blooming jacaranda mimosifolia, the trees with the bright violet-colored, trumpet-shaped flowers familiar to Southern Californians in May and June, seem to be back to their pretty, ...

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 ...

There’s a jacaranda tree I pass when I walk in the mornings. I noticed it first a few years ago when it was in full flower. Now I keep an eye out for its blossoms. All through the winter and into the ...

The jacaranda trees are blooming. Currently, it’s hard to drive anywhere in Southern California and not spot these towering explosions of lavender haze. Like many of our ostentatious plant life, these ...

The jacaranda tree in my front yard started dropping purple blossoms this week, and that means it’s time for my annual column about our love-hate relationship. The blossom-fest is late this year, ...

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 ...

I’m looking out my front window right now, and two things are coming to mind. First, that for the 11,221st time, my son did not put out the trash cans. Now, he’s had one and only one recurring job ...

When they're in full bloom, jacaranda trees are some of the most gorgeous flowering trees around. For gardeners and ...