Not only are monarch butterflies beautiful, they're also important pollinators. To lead them into your garden, try planting ...

Even though the name says "red," this native purple flowering tree boasts tiny lavender-pink or fuchsia sweetpea-like flowers clustered on bare branches before heart-shaped leaves appear.

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"Flowering trees also play a crucial role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere," says Greg Thomas, ... The Royalty variety produces purple-meets-crimson flowers, ...

Last year, the jacarandas didn't bloom until mid-June. This year, many are flowering from Long Beach to Santa Monica to Pasadena, a more typical timeline for the love-it-or-hate-it tree.

Purple plum: “Purple plums are known for their dark purple decorative foliage. They perform well in North Texas’ climate and offer a pale pink or white flower in early spring.

When winter cold doesn’t kill the semi-tender flower buds – as was the case this year – the tree is nearly covered in clusters of tubular purple flowers that look a bit like foxglove flowers.

Q: I’ve seen purple-flowering trees in the woods as I drive around. What might they be? A: Likely empress tree, also known as princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa).