Well "instantly expanding" should come with an asterisk: March 1 isn't about carpets of poppies suddenly appearing at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, but it is the day, each and ...

Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

The Theodore Payne Foundation, long a champion of SoCal-strong specimens filling out our yards, is a great resource for ...

The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, where its hills can turn orange with an abundance of poppies in bloom, received less rainfall in the fall and winter compared to 2017 and 2019, which ...

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve this year (left) and in 2017 (right). (IMAGE: California State Parks) Those looking to get their fill of flowers this year still have some options ...

These are the best places to see California's wildflowers this spring, including Antelope Valley, Lake Tahoe, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Death Valley, and Joshua Tree.

These too are of a burning color — not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden cream might be like the color of poppies.” Golden Poppies can be found ...

There’s more to the California wildflower blooms than meets the human eye, experts say. NASA’s Caltech Jet Propulsion ...

“The past couple of storms have only dropped 0.6 inch of rain, not enough to significantly improve poppy germination rates,” said Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in a Facebook pos ...

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, one of Southern California’s most popular spots for wildflower blooms, received only a third of an inch of rain on Feb. 13, after the longest dry spell – 334 days – ...

The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve averaged more than 6 inches of rain in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2023, when sections of the park saw a significant bloom. But it is well below those levels ...