Mid-October marks the start of a very special season in Joburg and Pretoria, one that sees a profusion of purple along city streets. Jacaranda mimosifolia drape the lanes, roads and avenues of Gauteng ...

It is jacaranda season in Pretoria, but here and there you might see a beautiful purple blooming tree resembling the iconic Pretoria tree, but taking a closer look, one can spot a few differences. You ...

It is jacaranda season in Pretoria but here and there you might see a beautiful purple blooming tree that looks like the iconic Pretoria tree but at a closer look there appear to be a few differences.

Though native to South America, the trees have become one of the defining sights of South Africa’s administrative capital – earning it the nickname “Jacaranda City.” The first trees were planted in ...

Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, ...

It’s jacaranda time again in Pretoria, that sublime season when this stodgy administrative capital turns into South Africa’s fantasyland. Nearly a century ago, city fathers began planting tropical ...