Tag: wildflowers

Colorado Wildflowers Could Be Epic This Year Thanks to Abundant Snowpack, but Other Factors in Play

By John Meyer From The Denver Post Denver—With Colorado’s snowpack ranging from ample to exceptional this spring, hikers who adore wildflowers may already be envisioning days of strolling along lush landscapes of spectacular blooms under columbine-blue skies when all that snow melts. It could well happen this summer. But because several factors affect the quality…


Wildflowers Blossom at Peters Canyon Regional Park

TUSTIN, Calif.—Hiking trails along Peters Canyon Regional Park are filled with colorful arrays of wildflowers brought by intermittent rainstorms of California’s winter season. “The strong showing of wildflowers this year is due to the recent heavy rainfall, in which the rain triggers wildflower seeds to germinate,” OC Parks Resource Specialist Kelley Brugmann told The Epoch Times. “Peters…


Are the Conditions Ripe for a ‘Superbloom’ in Rain-Soaked California? Here’s What Experts Say

By Nathan Solis From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—Is a superbloom on the horizon? It all depends on the weather. Californians endured a record-breaking rainy season earlier this year and the conditions certainly seem ripe for wildflowers to bloom in the next several weeks from the state’s water-soaked soil. But experts say it’s no guarantee…


Devasting Flood Reveal Hidden Beauty of Australian Outback

Some of the worst floods in history devastated Australia earlier in the year, but as the devastation eases, the waters which are still travelling down along desert channels months later are bringing incredible beauty as long-dormant seeds are awakening and blanketing the earth in a tapestry of vibrant wildflowers rarely witnessed before even by locals. Outback…