Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacaranda tree in bloom against a blue sky - Simon Mcgill/Getty Images Also known as the fern tree because of its fern-like ...

It’s almost official. Milpitas has a city tree — the Jacaranda mimosifolia. If you don’t recognize the name, check out the big tree next to Milpitas City Hall that blooms with bluish/lavender flowers ...

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 ...

Check out a slide show of these beautiful purple blooms. I remember an e-mail from five years back. It was from a man in England who wanted to know what the purple trees were. He had been visiting ...

WHITTIER – It’s still springtime in Whittier and that means the jacaranda trees are in full bloom along La Cuarta Street. The trees, formally known as Jacaranda mimosifolia, are native to South ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a poetic symmetry to spring. Across the Coachella Valley it can be seen, beheld in the colors coming out as the temperatures rise and the winds begin to blow signaling the inevitable heat of ...