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.

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CBS 8 compared footage of the blooming jacarandas from last year on Clairemont Drive to what they look like now, and we noticed a big difference. “There are not purple flowers anymore,” said one ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The jacaranda tree, along with the Torrey pine, is the official urban tree of the City of San Diego. Known for its beautiful purple flowers, the jacaranda tree usually blooms ...

A beautiful sign of spring in San Diego is the bloom of the Jacaranda trees around the county. You may know them more by their vibrant, purple flowers as shown in video from Kate Sessions park in ...

Brought here from South America, Jacaranda trees add undeniable beauty to Los Angeles streets, lining residential areas with a familiar pop of purple. Wick argues that they are an elemental piece of ...

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 a jacaranda tree to ...

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, ...