LA Observed: Loving the purple haze

Loving the purple haze

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Text The month or so each spring when the jacarandas are blooming is my favorite time in Los Angeles. The splashes of color have seemed exceptional this year, at least on the Westside. Unfortunately, the city picked prime jacaranda time to trim street trees in Mar Vista, despite pleas by residents to leave the violet effusion in peace. George Garrigues at the online Westmar Sun has some of the correspondence between neighbors and Ronald D. Lorenzen, city Street Tree Superintendent. (If you see a pretty L.A. jacaranda photo I can link to, please let me know. I've been looking...).

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http://www.arboretum.org/imagesb/Jacaranda_m.jpg

Posted by: maggie at May 31, 2004 03:54 PM

The month or so each spring when the jacarandas are blooming is my favorite time in Los Angeles...

I had no idea you owned a car wash.

Posted by: joseph at May 31, 2004 05:44 PM

Have you ever? They take my breath away, send me into a quietly ecstatic state of awe. "All is right with the world." Glorious.

Even searching Daypop it's surprisingly hard to find local references or photos -- but apparently Brian Wilson did write a song:

Jacaranda

Posted by: Stephanie at May 31, 2004 08:45 PM

On my site - Jacaranda at Hollwood and Gardner - last photo on page... with comments.

http://www.justabovesunset.com/id136.html

Bob Patterson probabaly already told you.

Posted by: Alan Pavlik at May 31, 2004 09:34 PM

They always bloom when the Lakers are winning in the playoffs. It's eeerie.

Posted by: Michael T. Jarvis at June 1, 2004 01:51 AM

I've got a photo at http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/aaa/aa/jacarandabranches.jpg. Just took it today.

Posted by: Virginia Postrel at June 1, 2004 10:32 PM

The photo was made by Nadine Gallegos.

Posted by: George Garrigues at June 3, 2004 10:44 PM

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