jacarandas

The blooming of jacarandas often signals the start of pre-summer, the most hopeful time of year. Vacation mode nears when their blue-ish purple flowers holler “party!” B. Ramón…

Angelenos who adore the flamboyant flowers of jacarandas have been disappointed this spring, as stark branches remained flowerless against an often-gloomy sky.While many trees have yet to…

On a recent afternoon, Stephanie Carrie walked up to a cork oak tree on Potomac Avenue, a residential street in Mid-City, and put her hand up against the bark. She looked up at the tree in…

So perfectly do jacarandas set off the blues of the harbour, the indigo skies of spring storms and the soft greens of the bush, that Sydneysiders of the early 20th century thought they must…