You may be familiar with the most common dog wood species, but did you know there are many more fascinating options you can ...

Native plants are often known for grand springtime displays followed by dismal summer and fall foliage. But that isn’t true ...

This low-maintenance, flowering ground cover is easy to plant under trees and shrubs. The plant's delicate blooms also draw ...

Like many of their human counterparts, they are transplants to Los Angeles, trying to make it in a town of newcomers. For two weeks in late spring, they burst forth in their fancy best, shedding their ...

“There are not purple flowers anymore,” said one Clairemont resident. “No, this year it’s nothing,” said Erika Maul while walking her dog along Clairemont Drive. The jacarandas sprung purple flowers ...

For a few particularly grey weeks of spring, the lavender blossoms of jacaranda trees are everywhere you go, a parade of pastel fireworks exploding along Los Angeles’s streets. You not only see them, ...

Summer has faded and gone. Autumn’s bright foliage does compensate — somewhat— for the dearth of flowers. But a few of my trees and shrubs (and several perennials) bloom in October, and I treasure ...

The annual splash of jacaranda flowers is here. But what’s the story behind the tree that many love, and others not so much? By Brian Gallagher Jacaranda blossoms in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los ...