Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring ...

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, ...

Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a boon for birds visiting your yard.

Fast-growing flowering trees add beauty to your landscape, rewarding you with lovely blooms and towering stature in just a ...

When planting a new tree in your backyard or front yard, consider how tall or wide it will grow.

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 ...

There’s a reason that purple is so often associated with royalty; the rich, deep color just appears so stately, especially when contrasted with lighter, jauntier colors like pink or yellow. If you ...

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Bangaloreans should be delighted to see large, orchid like purple flowers borne in profusion by many road side trees while commuting everyday. These are the Purple Bauhinia trees (Bauhinia purpurea) ...