Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring or summertime blooms. But while most flowering trees produce white or pink flowers, if you’re looking ...

A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of lavender ...

Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of pollinators. It’s a fast grower that produces dense, upright panicles of flowers, ...

The annual blooming jacaranda mimosifolia, the trees with the bright violet-colored, trumpet-shaped flowers familiar to Southern Californians in May and June, seem to be back to their pretty, ...

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 ...

Fall can be the most colorful time of the year in your garden if you have the right plants. There are many flowering perennials that are at their best this time of year. Though firebush (Hamelia ...

In a city with often-mild fall colors and a downright dreary winter landscape, spring rewards with vibrant hues produced by an exploding array of blooms. Each year, visitors from around the country ...