No one would mistake Culver City for the
garden center of L.A. Still, you can hardly drive through town these days without
smelling the sweet bouquet of jasmine at every stoplight. We do love a lusciously fragrant tropical flower. At night, when the
windows are open and the scent of star jasmine wafts through the
house—it's pure heaven!
Intoxicating star jasmine
California native toyon, with its delicate white flowers, and early-blooming Indian hawthorn are also ubiquitous to the area.
Indian hawthorn
Toyon
But it’s the jacaranda tree that’s the queen of late spring. “What are
those magnificent purple trees?!” a colleague from northern California once
exclaimed. “I just want to fall on the ground and worship them!” One of our
favorite blogs, L.A. Observed, calls this time of year “jacaranda season.” As you can see, they are exceptionally beautiful this year.
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