Wildflower Reports 2025
Please share your Joshua Tree NP – Palm Springs wildflowers pictures, including the date and location. We will post your photos on our Wildflower Reports page, so others can learn where and when to view the spectacular displays.
- E-mail your digital photos and reports to Jim@desertusa.com. Use Wildflower Report as the subject of your e-mail. Let us know where you took the image, the date, and how you would like us to give you photo credit (first name, etc.)
- You can easily upload your wildflower pictures to our site using our photo upload page. Simply click here
Note: Spring is one of the most beautiful times of the year in the desert, but it can also be a time for caution. Rattlesnakes lie dormant during the cold fall and winter months and awaken from hibernation in the warm months of March and April. Another reason to stay on the trails. More…
2025 Joshua Tree NP and Coachella Valley Region reports
January 1, 2025, DesertUSA reports: No reports yet from Joshua Tree NP – Palm Springs. Updates will be shared here as soon as new reports come in. Stay tuned for the latest bloom news, and don’t forget to bookmark this page for easy access to timely updates!
2024 Reports
April 24, 2024 Tess Reports: We stopped at various places from 29 Palms headed toward cottonwood. Our first stop was on Park blvd about halfway between the park entrance and Pinto basin Road. Lots of dandelion and poppies very beautiful. The Beaver tale and hedgehog cactus were also putting on a good show. Chia, bigelow tickseed phacelia, tansy mustard and more.
Further down the road, the globe mallow lined the roads and was lovely.
Closer to cottonwood, the cholla and ocotillo were in full glory with the cholla looking like it’s about halfway through. The desert lavender smelled heavenly.
Towards cottonwood, we saw Canterbury bells and a few chuparosa. We saw a striking display of white-lined moth larvae – huge caterpillars chomping in Arizona lupine, then skittering down the denuded stems, off to the next. They were everywhere. We watched for a long time. That was at the Bajada nature trail.
Photos tips: Most digital point-and-shoot cameras have a macro function – usually symbolized by the icon of a little flower. When you turn on that function, you allow your camera to get closer to the subject, looking into a flower for example. Or getting up close and personal with a bug. More on desert photography.
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