Anza-Borrego Wildflower Reports 2024
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A comprehensive book on Wildflowers found in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Large, beautiful photographs are arranged by color for easy identification.
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2024 Anza Borrego Desert - Wildflower updates
March 18, 2024 DesertUSA Reports: New video on the area.
March 14, 2024 Harriot Reports: We took these images 3/13/24 at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Dazzling show of desert sunflowers, purple verbena, and dune evening primroses along Henderson Valley Rd north of Borrego Springs. Hike up from the Coyote Canyon trailhead to see magenta beavertail cacti starting to bloom and brick red chuparosa shrubs keeping the bees happy. Finally, we found plenty of desert lilies, their serpentine leaves and creamy white starburst blooms appearing magically from the sand, in the wide wash at the end of the hike called “The Slot,” on the southeast side of the park. Just a few ocotillo blooms left but beautiful nonetheless.
March 11, 2024 JQ Reports: Taken on March 11, 2024 in Anza Borrego along Henderson canyon Road.
March 11, 2024 Jon Reports: Found Desert 5 Point plants with buds in the morning of 3/12/2024 in Coyote Canyon. Returned in the afternoon at approximately 2pm and found 5 partially open. Someone had picked or broken one.
March 11, 2024 Mike Valdez Reports: Taken March 6 Borrego springs - Henderson Canyon Rd
March 11, 2024 Anza Borrego foundation Reports: Current Flower Locations: Blooms are arriving in the heart of Borrego Springs along Henderson Canyon Road, the lower sandy dune portions of Coyote Canyon and in the southern portion of the state park along Highway S2 southeast of Agua Caliente County Park. Additionally, areas near June Wash moving northeast toward Fish Creek and Arroyo Tapiado are beginning to show the early bloomers like primrose, phacelia, and wooly sunflower. If moving south along the Highway S2, four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended on any unpaved park road.
Porta Potty Information:
To help accommodate our visitors and shoppers, porta potties (standard and ADA) and hand wash stations have been placed in the west and east ends of the gravel lot, between Jilberto's and The Mall parking lot. These will be cleaned daily and will be in place for through the end of March. A big thank you to the Mall owners, Jim & Anne Wermers who pledged to cover the cost!
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March 10, 2024 Pamela Reports: Henderson Canyon Rd is popping now with that divine verbena smell. Lots of dune evening primrose, brown eyed evening primrose, sand verbena in full flower (but still with some buds); mallows and lupines still just budding. DiGiorgio Rd a bit less so but it gets better as you head into Coyote Canyon, and not much bloom at all coming in via Montezuma Valley Rd until you get about even with the visitor center and then you start to see some chuparosa and phacelias tucked in.
March 4, 2024 ABDSP Reports: Blooms are arriving in the heart of Borrego Springs along Henderson Canyon Road, the lower sandy dune portions of Coyote Canyon and in the southern portion of the state park along Highway S2 southeast of Agua Caliente County Park. Additionally, areas near June Wash moving northeast toward Fish Creek and Arroyo Tapiado are beginning to show the early bloomers like primrose, phacelia, and wooly sunflower. If moving south along the Highway S2, four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended on any unpaved park road.
March 2, 2024 DesertUSA Reports: Short video on the wildflowers.
March 1, 2024 DesertUSA Reports: Henderson Canyon Road and Coyote Canyon Road currently have a beautiful display of wildflowers. Additionally, several washes and canyons are also filled with blooming wildflowers. As it is still early in the season, more wildflower patches are expected to show up in various areas. During our exploration, we spotted some blooming cacti near the entrance of Mine Wash, off Rt 78.
Henderson Canyon Road
Road let you park next to wildflowes
The two photos above are from Coyote Canyon
Fishhook Cactus - Mine Wash entrance off RT 78
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When will the desert wildflowers bloom? We start our report in January, plan your visit to coincide with the peak of the bloom - keep up to date with DesertUSA's Wildflower Reports. Be sure to bookmark this page for weekly updates.
- E-mail your digital photos and reports toJim@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.)
- Text your photos and report to 760-740-1787
- Share your photos and report on DesertUSA’s Wildflowers Facebook Group.
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