Jacaranda trees canopy a Santa Ana street in early June 2013. As June approaches this year, jacaranda fans await their flamboyant bloom. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) ...

Over the next few years, many cities planted the trees in parkways. Glendale in 1972 declared the jacaranda its official tree. Developers used them to bring color to new housing tracts.

Jacaranda trees typically bloom between April and June, and if you’ve ventured outside or scrolled through your Instagram feed lately, you know that we’re in the middle of peak jacaranda season.

In Los Angeles, no tree is more breathtaking than a jacaranda in full bloom. Its nickname of “blue haze tree” is well chosen. On a mature tree, an ethereal lavender-blue cloud engulfs i… ...

Milpitas has a city tree — the Jacaranda mimosifolia. If you don’t recognize the name, check out the big tree next to Milpitas City Hall that blooms with bluish/lavender flowers from April to ...

“The jacaranda trees are a bit early this year,” said Theresa Badurek, a Pinellas urban horticulture agent. The density of bloom varies from tree to tree and the amount of bloom increases with ...

A jacaranda tree is seen in the backyard of a home along Omaha Street in Palm Harbor. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ] The jacaranda trees that dot the local landscape, many of them planted in the 1960s ...