It’s jacaranda season. The time of year when the trees burst into purple flower, spreading cheer and news of springtime.
While the trees are not native to our area, they are iconic in our area. I even just read that they are the official (non-native) tree of San Diego (as of 2000). Apparently it was Kate Sessions (the tree lady) who brought these beauties here and made sure they were planted all over the city.
In full bloom, these trees are beautiful. They are fragrant and their color ranges from bluish purple to these in my neighborhood of the more pinkish purple variety. My eye is always drawn to them as I turn the corner to drive into our neighborhood.
They’re messy…but such a beautiful harbinger of spring in our area. There are places in our city where the ground will be covered in these purple flowers as the blooms begin to drop.
Cue music: imagine Prince and Purple Rain. The city becomes carpeted in purple, like our own version of the yellow brick road. Raining down from above, purple blossoms are everywhere. They fall into your hair, stick to the bottom of your shoes, and cast a magical hue as spring begins to shift to summer.
It’s jacaranda season! Spring is here!
Thinking Through My Lens 
This is such a beautiful description! I want to come visit and see them in person. I love your opening lines, and “The city becomes carpeted in purple, like our own version of the yellow brick road. “
Wow, what a pretty pic. Thanks for showing me more of your world—a place I might not have otherwise visited thanks to what’s going on now—and bringing your home to me!
Lovely! I grew up in Pasadena, which is full of the bluish purple jacarandas. Jacaranda trees and eucalyptus trees always make me homesick!
I love jacaranda and it shouts out Portugal and Spain to me.