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) Angelenos who adore the ...
It was Alexis Murphy’s tradition to photograph the jacaranda that guarded her childhood home in Pasadena. One year, she arranged its violet droppings in the shape of a heart. Another year, she turned ...