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Joshua Tree National Park Wildflower Update Admission: FREE this week in honor of National Park WEEK! Free Admission through April 25th, 2010. The wildflower displays at the southern part of Joshua Tree National Park, near the Cottonwood Visitor’s Center, have recently peaked. You can still see abundant showings of yellow brittlebush blooms and chuparosa [...]
South part of Joshua Tree National Park Photos taken between the exit from I-10 and the Cottonwood Spring Visitor’s Center The blooms are just starting to open in the southern entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. There were scattered brittlebush, chuparosa, bladderpod, ocotillo and barrel cactus in bloom. The chia and dandelions were abundant and [...]
Expect 2010 desert wildflowers to be brilliant!
Wildflower Update March 1st, 2010 It is still early to view the wildflowers here in the Coachella Valley. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has some blooms opening in various parts of the park. For current updates visit DesertUSA’s Wildlflower Reports. Edom Hill in Cathedral City, CA has some lupine, sand verbena and brittlebush along the roadside [...]
Wildflower Report Feb. 14th ’10 One of DesertUSA.com readers sent in a photo of a desert lily blooming in the same area where the DUSA Staff saw buds just a few days before the photo was taken. On Sunday, Feb. 14th ’10 Michael Pique took the following photo and sent it to DesertUSA from his [...]
Day Trip To Anza-Borrego In Search Of Wildflowers Desert Dog’s First Trip To Anza-Borrego Feb. 11th The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Rangers predict the peak wildflower season will occur between the last week in February and the first two weeks in March. They expect the season to be bursting with color after all the rain [...]
Wildflower Touring Text By Gregory McNamee (repurposed from DesertUSA.com – original March ’99) If you are sensitive to the rhythms of the desert, you’ll know that the period from March to mid-April is a time when a special kind of natural magic can occur. All through February, if the gentle winter rains have arrived on [...]
Wildflower Preview at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Click here to view last season’s wildflower video, a season in review. This past week the desert area received rain which will prolong the wildflower season this year. The most significant rain in relation to the wildflowers is the precipitation that the desert receives during the months [...]
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