If it's July, the Lagerstroemia speciosa at Fullerton is probably blooming... I've posted this tree before; this year is particularly good. AFAIK, this is the largest of its kind in SoCal (tho its sibling at WCA is a bit taller). Others from this batch of plants (that I grew from seed that Leon @ XOTX-Tropico challenged me to germinate, circa 2000...) may still be out in the SoCal landscape somewhere. If anyone knows of any in any shape here, please post. More of a large shrub (than a vigor