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, ...

Cascading purple blossoms resembling bunches of grapes are your reward with the right care for a wisteria tree. Undeniably ...

After writing about plants with purple flowers, two gardeners shared their purple horticultural passions.

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 ...

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 ...