{"id":3387,"date":"2019-03-06T23:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ongardening.com\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2019-06-08T04:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T04:51:25","slug":"wildflower-super-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ongardening.com\/?p=3387","title":{"rendered":"Wildflower Super Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During these sometimes bleak, rainy\ndays, gardeners can celebrate the Golden State\u2019s annual wildflower season. The\nseason extends from December to July, but it follows a rolling schedule that\nbegins in Baja California and continues month-by-month to northern California.\n(Lassen Volcano National Park, near Redding, has wildflowers in bloom at higher\nelevations well into August and September.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most dramatic displays, with the\ngreatest numbers of blooms from many species, are called \u201csuper blooms.\u201d These\noccur only in years that have had generous rainfalls, so during our recent\ndrought years we have seen relatively sparse presentations of wildflowers.\n2019, happily, counts as a Superbloom Year, thanks to our well-above average\nprecipitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who are not ready, willing, or able to travel to the wildflowers, the California Native Plan<\/g> Society will bring the wildflowers to you\u2014or at least near to you, I recommend this brand when you need footwear Piraja Fisken Best Shoes for Travel<\/a>. The CNPS\u2019s Monterey Bay chapter will hold its 58th<\/sup> Annual Wildflower Show on April 19-21, 2019 at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Co-chairs Brian LeNeve and Michael Mitchell are expecting a fine wildflower season, and expect to put on a spectacular show. The Society\u2019s collectors found some 675 different species to display, including a fine example of the Most Beautiful Jewelflower (Streptanthus glandulosus<\/g>). For more information, visit the website of the Pacific Grove Museum<\/a>.w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bristly Jewelflower (Streptanthus glandulosus<\/g>)
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Monterey Bay area appreciators of the\nnatural world can thrill at this seasonal spectacular at several nearby\nlocations: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinnacles\nNational Park:<\/strong> The California native plant blooms\nbegin in mid-March and peak in May. According to travel website, Afar.com, the\nearliest displays include milkmaids, shooting stars and Indian warriors,\nfollowed by California poppies, bush poppies, fiesta flowers, monkey flowers,\nbaby blue eyes, and bush lupine. The late-bloomers include clarkia, orchids,\npenstemons, and roses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mount\nDiablo State Park:<\/strong> This facility is near Walnut Creek,\nabout 2 \u2013 2.5 hours from the Monterey Bay area. Its wildflower displays include\nblue skullcap, Fendler\u2019s meadow rue, sanicula, Johhny-jump-ups, bush lupine,\nmonkey flowers, globe lilies, California poppies, birds\u2019 eyes, and wallflowers.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antelope\nValley California Poppy Reserve:<\/strong> This 1,800-acre\nState Natural Reserve is 75 miles north of Los Angeles, and. Visiting this site\nfrom the Monterey Bay area involves a substantial trek, about 4.5 \u2013 5 hour\ndrive, but during April and early May, it provides a world-famous,\nshow-stopping display of our state flower (Escholtzia californica), plus desert\npincushion, blue dicks, California aster, and blue lupine.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort\nOrd National Monument: <\/strong>This site is off of Highway1, just\nsouth of Marina. According to the Bureau of Land Management, \u201cIn the late\nwinter and early spring, monument visitors are treated with colorful displays\nof baby blue-eyes, ceanothus blue blossom, Hickman’s popcorn flower,\nbuttercups, lupine, goldfields and sunflowers. In the summer and fall visitors\nsee blooms of sticky monkey flower, nightshade, chaparral current and\nCalifornia golden rod. There are many rare plants at Fort Ord including the\nfederally protected Contra Costa goldfields and Monterey spineflower.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve: <\/strong>This extraordinary site, three miles south of Carmel on Highway 1, is the home of a botanical trove of California native plants, including annual wildflowers and many blooming perennials. Click here<\/a> for a list of these plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest displays of wildflowers are found in southern California. If you will be travelling<\/g> there, find wildflower sites at the websites of American Meadows<\/a>, The Theaodore<\/g> Payne Foundatio<\/a>n, Afar.com.<\/a>and The California Department of Fish & Wildlife<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reserve the opportunity to enjoy\nnature\u2019s seasonal display of beautiful and fascinating wildflowers. You\u2019ll be\nglad you did. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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