LAGUNA NIGUEL
The Parks and Recreation Commission voted this week to recommend that the City Council adopt an official city flower and tree.
They are recommending the city flower be bougainvillea, a shrubby, evergreen vine that grows lavender, pink, red, yellow and white blooms. The tree recommended by the commission is the jacaranda, which grows to 40 feet and bears lavender-blue blossoms. Both are found throughout the city and are “easily recognizable,” city staffers said.
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