April 10, 2008 Jim reports: The upper part of the park is covered with yellow and white flowers.

April 2, 2008 Robert reports: March 30, 08 on Rt 62 between town of Joshua Tree, CA and Ironage Rd.

April 2, 2008 Debbie reports: Joshua Tree National Monument was in full bloom March 27-29th. Fields of Desert Dandelions mixed with Pincushions were everywhere. Joshua Trees and Yuccas were stunning. The roadsides were lined with Canterbury Bells and Arizona Lupin. If you took a walk you also saw Chia, Purple Mat, Desert Apricot Mallow, Bladder Pod, several species of Phacelia and Sand Blazing Stars. Wow! I would guess that much of this will still be in bloom.

April 1, 2008 Dan reports: We were back out in JTree on Saturday, March 29, entering via the W entrance and exiting via the Pinkham Canyon Trail from Cottonwood to I10 near Indio (high-clearance 4wd recomended). Mid-day temps ranged from mid-60's at the higher elevations to near 85 in the Fried Liver Wash. There are a lot of wildflowers to be found at the higher elevations of the park, if you walk around. Lower elevations are still carpeted with ephemerals, but the end seems near. This seems to have been a great year for Ghost Flowers, there are many large bushes to be found right next to the road, near Porcupine Wash.

Down at the lower end of Pinkham Canyone we found Desert Lavender, along with several types of cactus just starting to bloom.

March 20, 2008 Nuntiya reports: Photo from the upper part of the park.

March 19, 2008 Michael reports: Sunday March 16th we took a trip from the Cottonwood visitor center through Pinkham Canyon back down to the 10 fwy. Flowers were all along the road from the 10 to Cottonwood. There were many more flowers along the dirt road through Pinkham ranging from Cactus to Yucca. The road was easy with only moderate section, but 4WD is still needed all the way due to the sand.

March 12, 2008 Scott reports: Joshua Tree is blooming, predominantly in the Pinto Basin. Sand verbena are at about peak bloom about 2 miles east of the Cholla Garden in the Pinto Basin. They look like they will continue to bloom for another week or so. About a mile further east a wash is in full bloom with desert marigolds. Continuing on for another 1-2 miles east you'll come to the Mojave lupines. These are nearing the end of their bloom so there's not much more time to catch them. To the west, as the road comes down from the Arch Rock area to the Pinto Basin, small but dramatic fields of yellow Wallace's Eriophyllum make a beautiful carpet in front of the green hillsides.

March 12, 2008 Carol reports: Went to Joshua Tree from 3/8-3/10 and the wildflowers are incredible! On Sunday, we also made our way up to Amboy Crater and were pleasantly surprised with a blanket of desert sunflowers and pockets of sand verbana. Both places are definitely worth a visit if you have the time. Joshua tree for the diversity and detailed flowers, and Amboy Crater for the magnificence of the number of flowers. Another bonus to the trip was the number of lizards we saw, along with a snake, many rabbits, and some rats :)

March 11, 2008 Allison reports: The perfumed air truly was incredible on Sunday (the 9th), and we found several spots where flowers actually carpeted the ground. Some of these spots were right off the road, like this section near Fried Liver Wash. In this same field we spotted desert star, purple mat, lupine, brittlebush, and brown-eyed evening primrose. It was a wonderful experience, not to be missed!

March 10, 2008 Matt reports: Went out to Joshua Tree out on Saturday to check out the wildflowers. What a great show especially down in the Pinto Basin area of the park! The best displays are in this region and down in Cottonwood Canyon as well. We saw fields of Arizona Lupine, beautiful patches of Sand Verbena, clumps of Blue Phacelia, Chia, Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose, and an occasional Desert Dandelion. The Octillo patch should be blooming within the next week of so. There were a couple of red buds forming. The whole valley was thick with the aroma from the flowers. If you have any sort of allergies I wouldn’t recommend it!

March 4, 2008 Janet reports: It's happening in JoshuaTree . Photo's taken March 1st. on the south side entrance to the park. The sand dune was taken off Dillon Rd. on the south side about a mile from the freeway in Indio.

March 4, 2008 Esther reports: I saw your website and decided to take a trip to Joshua Tree National Park. We had never been there and it was worth the 3 hour trip from Simi Valley.

These pictures were taken on Sunday, March 2ND, around 12:30 pm...we entered the park through the south entrance at Cottonwood. Our first stop was at Bajada....It was a beautiful spectacle of color, although very windy and cool. The air had a definite sweet scent...

All pictures were taken pretty much between the entrance and Cholla Cactus Garden. Be careful when you stop at the Cactus Garden...I was "attacked" by a small piece lying on the ground...since it was windy they tumble and attached to my pant leg and the needles stuck to my one of my ankles...ouch!!! very painful and hard to pull out...but then I rinse with cold water and was good to go. Our last stop was at Keys View in time for the Sunset...

March 4, 2008 Brian reports: Some photos from taken on 03/02/08.

March 4, 2008 Terry and Soraya report These photos were all taken between the south entrance at Cottonwood to about Chollo Gardens on March 2nd. The greatest concentration continues to be near the cottonwood entrance but there fields farther up as well. This was our first trip to Joshua Tree but we are already planning out next outing.

March 4, 2008 Smith reports: The attached photos were taken on Saturday March 1, 2008 about 2 miles North of I-10 on Cottonwood Springs Rd.

March 4, 2008 Steve reports: Taken 3/1/08 at the south entrance to Joshua Tree State Park. The shallow rooted plants are starting to die out but all others are in full bloom and now is a great time to head out and look closely for the many species of plants and flowers still around.

March 3, 2008 John reports: Mother Nature put on quite a show today. Wildflowers everywhere! These pictures were taken today, March 1st, 2008 on the shortcut between Anza-Borrego and Joshua Tree just east of Mecca, Ca. along the Box Canyon Rd. ( see map attached and circled.) All shots were taken within a few hundred yards of this paved road which ends at I-10 near the south entrance of Joshua Tree NP. I RECOMMEND THIS SPECTACULAR DRIVE TO ALL FLOWER LOVERS! JOB

Feb 26, 2008 Josh reports: Picture was taken off of Cottonwood Rd about a half mile inside Joshua Tree Nat. Park south entrance on Sunday, Feb. 24th. Arizona Lupine everywhere along Cottonwood Rd but the Gold Poppies are inside the park.

Feb 25, 2008 Josh reports: Photo was taken just steps off of Cottonwood Springs road about 3 miles north of I-10 on Feb 24th.

Feb 24, 2008 Don reports: Picture below taken on 02-23-08 off Cottonwood Springs Road between HWY-10 and Joshua Tree Nation Parks south entrance.

Feb 22, 2008 Randy reports: These are from the Cottonwood Entrance to JTNP on an impossibly windy day Feb 20th. About all I could do was compose for color blur at sunset, which I think turned out ok.

Feb 19, 2008 Kim reports: These photos were taken Feb 18 in Joshua Tree NP near Cottonwood Springs visitor center. Tons of wildflowers now blooming between Fried Liver Wash and the south entrance to the park.

Feb 18, 2008 Alan reports: These photos were taken between Feb 13 and 15, mostly in Southern Joshua Tree.

Feb 18, 2008 Jim reports: Here's a photo by the park entrance near I-10.

Feb 17, 2008 Ari reports: This was taken just inside the south entrance (cottonwood area) to the Joshua Tree national park on the 17th February. The photo isn’t great, the sun had set already. But at least they are still there!

Feb 11, 2008 Hiro reports: Taken 2/9/08 Sat. near South Entrance at Joshua Tree.

Feb 11, 2008 Paul reports: Photos below taken 2-8-2008 at JTNP, at Cottonwood Canyon Park Entrance Sign. Exception is Canterbury Bells were in Pinto Basin. Arizona Lupine is putting on a good show on the alluvial fan and should get better with warmer temperatures this week. Belly flowers should also start showing next week, few were seen yesterday.

Feb 6, 2008 DUSA reports: More rain fell in the park last week, and the south entrance has many plants in bloom.

Jan 16, 2008 Kathleen reports: Friday, January 11, 2008 we detoured through Joshua Tree National Park at the Cottonwood entrance and found these blooms.

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