By Joshua Siskin, Garden Columnistdailynews.com Posted: 04/05/2013 04:41:18 PM PDT April 6, 2013 12:22 AM GMTUpdated: 04/05/2013 05:21:15 PM PDT Western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Park. (Joshua Siskin/Special to the Los Angeles News Group) The blooms of an orchid tree (Bauhinia sp.) at Chandler Elementary School in Sherman Oaks (Joshua Siskin/Special to the Los Angeles News Group) Many people consider redbuds, although more pink than red, to be the most brilliant of all spring flowering trees. In full bloom, they appear as blinding flashes of magenta-pink against a background of smooth gray branches. Before a single leaf appears, branches are studded...
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