Growth habit: A deciduous tree with an open branching habit growing to 25 feet tall. Light: Plant in full-sun locations. Water needs: Drought tolerant; obtains needed moisture from seasonal rains.

You know it’s springtime when the tabebuia trees are in bloom. The trees, native to subtropical climes, are easy to spot. The beautiful bright yellow blooms (or purple or pink-ish) have started ...

This past winter while walking in my neighborhood, I noticed a medium-size tree covered with yellow tubular flowers when it bloomed. Can you help me identify it? Thank you for the picture. With the ...

FULLERTON – Greg Dyment leans over and inspects a yellow trumpet tree, now listing to one side, covered with sickly, yellow, dying leaves. A native of tropical East Africa, it’s one of the worst-hit ...

Q. Can you identify this tree for me from the enclosed photo? The fruit of the tree looks like a pineapple. — Guillermo Zapata, Wilton Manors A. The tree is a pandanus or screw pine. The scientific ...

E.H. Wilson, renowned plant hunter of the early 1900s, said Southern California grew a greater variety of plants than any other place in the United States, but even so, our region “possessed but ...

Have you seen any of the gorgeous, small growing trees that are blooming throughout the county right now? They are purple trumpet trees (Tabebuia impetiginosa) and they are covered in showy, lavender, ...