After heavy rain in California
Diane Whitehead (Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:12:50 PST)

Great idea, Uli! I am going to see the desert wildflowers, too.

There are several websites that track flowers. This one is
particularly good and has links for others. It has pictures posted
daily.

http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html

It has a graph that shows how far advanced the flowers are.
Yesterday the huge Anza-Borrego Desert Park, just east of San Diego,
was at 60%, and today it is already at 80%. Here is a quote from the
site:

Jan 23, 2005 Russ reports: Went to Anza Borrego SP Jan 23. The sand
verbena and evening primrose is looking good off of Di Giorgio
road. The park rangers said it looked like 2 weeks until peak. They
are expecting a great year.

Other areas, like Death Valley, have also begun flowering.

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil