Dorina Pojani says while beautiful in spring, jacaranda trees don’t provide enough shade for Brisbane, which needs denser foliage.Credit: Courtney Kruk So who is responsible for shade discrepancies?

But as people flock to suburbs and towns across the country known for an abundance of jacaranda trees, very few appear aware of their potentially harmful nature. The signature tree has become ...

To mark this year’s season in Sydney, Brisbane and Grafton, where the 90th annual jacaranda festival celebrating its 2000 trees began on Friday, the Herald is launching the 2024 Purple Prize for ...

Danebank Anglican School for Girls in Hurstville contributed poems to the Herald's poetry prize which they wrote under the ...

What makes Goombungee special is a median strip on the town’s main street, lined with Jacaranda trees, which by early November means the road is carpeted in purple. On November 2, the Rosalie ...