8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas

Key Facts

• I met him in the course of asking people a two-part question I recommend you ask too: What are your favorite L.A. trees, and what do you love about them?
• Before L.A. goes gaga for jacarandas this year, I reached out to urban forest professionals from City Hall to the heart of the Angeles National Forest to help me use jacaranda passion as a seed to better cultivate my love of all L.A. trees.
• The result of those conversations is this survey of a representative few of the many phenomenal trees, both native and transplanted, that flourish in Los Angeles — all of them our living, breathing neighbors, worthy of being loved or at least being seen and cared for.
• MORETON BAY FIG “Awesomeness” is one of the main things Malarich values in a tree, although a city forest officer seeking to maintain and expand the canopy must be mindful of constraints on urban trees such as sidewalks and utility lines.

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