Bloom in tell-tale curliques. I saw fiddlenecks in Feb 2020 outside the San Pasqual Battlefield State Park museum near the entrance to the San Diego Safari Park in Escondido. In 2022, there were huge fields of them near Wieder Regional Park in Huntington Beach and also along trails in La...
I have this same conversation with myself, on nearly a daily basis, during wildflower season. Wildflower season in the San Juans lasts about 9 months, so that’s a lot of conversations. Point is, whether it SHOULD matter or not, to me–it does. Supposedly, I go for walks as exercise...
The Valley of Oaks sits near Mission San Antonio de Padua halfway between LA and San Francisco. From March to April, Valley of the Oaks is among the best places to see wildflowers. It’s flush with fields of blue, purple and yellow wildflowers. Though it might not fit with m...