This photo was taken at Gorman, CA. According to the California Wildflower Hotsheet (See link at right.) Gorman is beautifully in bloom this year, right now. The area may be a few days past peak, but compared to most places, it’s unforgettable. Easterners, still with cold and mud, can only dream about such a magnificent display–one [...]
Eat your heart out, Easterners. This is when the California coastal hills put on one of the biggest natural wildflower shows in the world. Several species of lupine (left), golden California poppies and other natives carpet the grassy hills made emerald green by spring. This photo is by master photographer, Don Paulson.
Here it comes. The Wildflower Wave hits Texas in April, and if you’ve never seen their unique wildflower bloom, plan a trip. The big show of bluebonnets, paintbrush, wild phlox and others is mostly in the “Hill Country” around Fredericksburg, and there are all kinds of maps, hotlines and other helps for flower chasers. You [...]
The hills are alive with wildflowers. From the Anza-Borrego State Park down by the Mexican border (photo at left taken there March 12), all the way up the state, California’s magnificent spring has begun. While the east shivers in snow and cold, just look what’s happening! Reports from Joshua Tree (west of LA), and Lake Elsinore say it [...]
“The Wildflower Wave” we follow each spring has begun. The Southwestern deserts are lighting up with color while snow and cold continue in most of the country. If you’d like to follow along, here are two fascinating sites that are updated daily, with reports and photos of what’s happening. Yes, the wildflowers are in bloom: [...]
This is the time of year any gardener who’s familiar with the native woodland flowers starts dreaming about spring. For over 20 years in Vermont, we tended a 2-acre woodland garden, and this flower, The Great White Trillium, was the mainstay of our bloom. You can have a look at our own woodland wildflower garden [...]
Each spring, we follow the bloom of No. America’s wildflowers that begins in the Southwestern Deserts–yes, in February–and rolls across the continent . At Anza-Borrego State Park in California, down beside the Mexican border, the flowers are already starting to open. After lighting up the Southern California hills (photo), the “Wildflower Wave” will roll eastward. During [...]
These two photos are from John St. John, a member in New Hampshire. Mr. St. John planted our wild perennials last year, and this summer, he’s enjoying the bloom, species by species. He writes, “In June it was the Lupines. In July, it’s the Daisies. I can’t wait for what happens next!” His backyard meadow [...]
June is the last month for planting a wildflower meadow for summer bloom in most of the country. There’s still time to have months of bloom this summer if you get your seed into the ground soon. It’s also a great time to add more of your favorite annual species to borders and beds, to [...]
Our spectacular Great White Trillium are opening at last, even though the leaves are not fully out on the trees above. In some years, we’ve seen snow on the trillium blooms, but with or without snow, they mean spring is finally here, border to border, coast to coast. Enjoy!
