Can you have too many blooms in your garden? Absolutely not. Plant one or a combination of these trees for an outdoor space ...

Both golden shower and yellow jacaranda are medium-sized trees, 30-40 feet tall, and hardy to 25 degrees Fahrenheit so they should make it through Valley winters just fine.

In any case, the yellow jacaranda is more manageable, with a mature height of 40 feet, whereas the common lavender-blue jacaranda may grow up to twice that size.

Jacaranda trees are beautiful, at least until you have to clean up the mess. (File photo by Bruce Chambers, Orange County Register/SCNG) Each May, the tree blooming in front of my house reminds me ...