California Is in Bloom Again

U.S. World Business Arts Lifestyle Opinion Audio Games Cooking Wirecutter The Athletic You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. California Today Wildflowers are beginning to spring to life across the state after another wet winter. April 9, […]

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Apr 9, 2024 - 22:30
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California Today

Wildflowers are beginning to spring to life across the state after another wet winter.

Soumya Karlamangla

Image A close-up of sunflowers with hills in the background.

Desert sunflowers at the Panamint Dunes outside of Death Valley.Credit…Markus Huber

Spring has sprung in the Golden State.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been mesmerized by butter-yellow daffodils and golden poppies bobbing in the wind from front yards in San Francisco. A grassy meadow in Golden Gate Park has transformed into a carpet of tiny yellow and white flowers.

We don’t know if this year’s bloom will be quite as superb as last year’s, but many Californians hope that the heavy winter rains will lead to a wondrous spring show. The recent chilly weather has dampened the displays so far, The Los Angeles Times reports, but that could turn around in the next several weeks.

“I expect we’ll have a really nice wildflower year once it warms up,” Naomi Fraga, a botanist and the director of conservation programs at the California Botanic Garden, told the news outlet.

Whatever is to come, Californians already seem to be reveling in the blooms. Readers have been sending in some incredible photos from backyards in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and elsewhere. We’re sharing some of them today.

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Credit…Emily Eisenberg, George T. Drugas, Mike Laybourn, Kathilie Gruggett, Jackie Leventhal

You can call a wildflower hotline to get weekly reports on the best flower viewing locations in Southern and Central California. California State Parks is also providing regular bloom updates, and KQED and The Oaklandside have lists of spots in the Bay Area.

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