L.A.’s cherry blossoms The scientific name for them is Jacaranda mimosifolia. They originated in Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia, and tend to be 25 to 40 feet tall and can be just as wide.

The trouble is there are no records of hospitals giving away the plants. The popularity of the jacaranda, which is an introduced species from South America, owes more to enterprising horticulturalists ...

Susan K Martin has received funding from the Australian Research Council as a CI the SRI Project, 'Parched' which investigates cultures of drought in regional Victoria. She is a member of Landcare ...

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Jacaranda flowers – those purple, trumpet-shaped blooms that act as harbingers of a Sydney summer – spark bedlam on the usually quiet streets of Kirribilli on the lower north shore each November. As ...

The jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) is a tropical tree that produces clusters of fragrant purple blooms. Its branches are arched, forming a canopy shaped like an upturned umbrella. The ...