With a better than average wildflower season expected in the California deserts, wildflower lovers have set up a “Death Valley Flowers” Facebook group, with photos and updates, to alert people as to where to find the best arrays of flowers.
Wet winters often result in colorful blooms of cactus and wildflowers in Death Valley National Park and desert areas east of the Sierra. This year, the Armagosa River has been flowing steadily and water covers the lowest salt flats of Badwater Basin creating the infrequent appearance of Lake Manly, a shallow lake about eight inches deep and about three miles wide.
The National Park Service is now reporting tiny sprouts that appear like a “fuzz of green” on alluvial fans and hillsides. Within weeks those areas could be covered with wildflowers. Observers expect the wildflowers to bloom between late March and early April.
Wildflower updates are posted by Death Valley National Park at www.nps.gov/deva and the new Facebook group is found by searching for “Death Valley Flowers.”
Read more here about where to stay, go sightseeing and play golf in Death Valley.
Karen Misuraca is the author of several guidebooks to California, including Backroads of the California Wine Country; the new book, Backroads of the California Coast and the newly released 7th edition of Quick Escapes from San Francisco.
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