“There’s definitely a point where we thought he wouldn’t make it,” one Denver dog owner said after her 6-year-old golden retriever ingested some of a seed pod.

Jacaranda trees fill the street and create a purple canopy over the 3600 block of Petaluma Avenue in Long Beach in this ... cars and anywhere else the flowers fall followed by the trees’ seed pods.

Jacaranda trees are not just enchanting—they’re drought-tolerant, fast-growing, ... I’m not saying we need to Johnny Appleseed the city with Jacaranda mimosifolia seeds.