The blooming of jacarandas often signals the start of pre-summer, the most hopeful time of year. Although jacaranda flowers are beautiful to humans, says Evan Meyer, executive director of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, they are not native plants and therefore “not beautiful to the wildlife of Los Angeles.” Meyer recommends redefining tree love by …
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