There are at least 49 known varieties of jacaranda trees, but the one most likely to fill your Instagram feed is Jacaranda mimosifolia. It produces a vibrant show of purple flowers in late spring.

Fly above the elegant "Jacaranda City," Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital, with this breathtaking drone video.

Every year, between October and November, some of South Africa’s streets erupt into a sea of lavender and violet. The annual jacaranda bloom is one of the country’s most loved natural spectacles – a ...

Pretoria is known as the Jacaranda city, with the trees being integral to the image and personality of the metro. An expert at the parks division of Thswane metro gives clarity on the city’s stance on ...

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 ...

Ah, Chief Dwasaho! A giant jacaranda tree stands forlornly outside my window, stripped bare of the riotous purple blossoms that once danced like confetti across Pretoria’s avenues in summer. It looks ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Eighty-one-year-old Sachiko Asano traveled 8,500 miles to Africa to see jacaranda trees in bloom, one of hundreds of Japanese inspired by a culture of flower-viewing to make the ...