Here’s a pretty picture from Los Angeles for you. I originally posted on my LA blog, but they are such pretty trees I thought you might like to see them too. The jacaranda trees are blooming now, the skyline is turning blue and purple. The streets and yards under these Jacaranda trees are also turning purple from the falling flower petals.
Jacarandas are native to south America but have become popular in California. They have lacy, ferny leaves and trees grow up to 40 feet tall and almost as wide, in areas with little or no frost. In spring they are covered in giant clusters of trumpet-shaped blooms in blue to deep purple.
Jacaranda lose most of their foliage in winter, so when in bloom, the entire tree seems to be purple. The flowers will eventually turn into giant brown seed pods.
