ANZA-BORREGO BLOOMS

Wild Wildflower shows are occurring in Southern California:

February 12

We have had a very moist winter season here in Southern California. As a result we are seeing a great show of wildflowers here in San Diego County and beyond. 

In mid-February Anza-Borrego Desert was starting to bloom, and has continued to get better each week.The highlight of the first trip was the prolific display of Desert Lillies. My friend, Lin and I went out for a day on February 12th. 

We met at Christmas Circle at 0800 and headed East on the S-22, the Salton Sea road.  It was reported that there were a number of good sightings of Verbena, and Desert Lillies. We bypassed the verbena show on the way out and headed for Arroyo Salada for the desert lillies. 

I do not believe I have ever seen such a showing of the lilies in one common area. We spent a good hour in the area, seeing and  photographing the various flowers in bloom:

Arizona Lupine

Arizona Lupine and Gold Poppies

Gold Poppy

Gold Poppies

Desert Lily

Desert Lily

Lily buds and blossoms

Desert Sunflower

Desert Chicory

Desert Primrose

We started our return to town, but had to stop to enjoy the fields of verbena that we had bypassed earlier in the day.

By noon we were ready to call it a day as the wind had picked up and the sun was almost directly overhead. We enjoyed lunch in town at Kendalls.
We did drive out to the beginning of Coyote Canyon, but there was not much of a show yet. The ocotillo were looking full, but there were only a few blooms to date. 

After picking up a bag of fresh, from the grove, tangerines, I headed home. 

I enjoyed this first trip and looked forward to another trip and a couple of weeks.