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Photos:: Jacarandas in the Southland

Jacarandas in bloom on Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach in 2005.

Jacarandas in bloom on Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach in 2005.   (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)

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Jacarandas in Long Beach

On Studebaker Road in Long Beach, it was purple above and purple below in June 2002.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Purple trumpet

A blossom rests on a car in Pasadena in 2008.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Jacarandas downtown

Jacarandas near the corner of 1st and Hope streets in 1995.   (Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times)

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Cousin of the jacaranda

The jacaranda’s pink cousin, Tabebuia impetiginosa, blooms in Los Feliz in 2007.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Cleanup in Pasadena

A resident of Del Mar Avenue in Pasadena in 2008 sweeps up outside her home.   (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Jacarandas in Santa Ana

Jacaranda blossoms create a purple canopy along 1 1/2 miles of Myrtle Street in Santa Ana in this June 2013 photo. Pity all those windshields.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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