June 3, 2018

With only about an inch of rain this winter, conditions were not good for a very impressive display of annual wildflowers this spring. 

For hardy summer visitors (temperatures typically exceed 100 degrees!), smoke trees may surprise with fragrant purple flowers. 

Day Use Fees: developed campground areas $10 per car, every day; Visitor Center $10 per car, Fri-Sat-Sun and Holidays during the season

If you would like to receive updates next year as different wildflowers start coming into bloom, we suggest that you check back here, or join the email list of our nonprofit partner, Anza-Borrego Foundation.

You can also call our Wildflower Hotline at 760-767-4684.

Scroll down to see photos of wildflowers from previous seasons.

Park Volunteer Sam Webb took these "Before" and "After" photos that show how responsive ocotillos are to moisture in the soil.

Photos by Park Volunteer Sam Webb

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Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria)
photo by Park Volunteer Mike Bigelow

Blossoms and Buds: Beavertail Cactus at the Visitor Center (S Theriault)

The pictures below are from previous years' wildflower seasons. 

Orcutt Aster by Park Volunteer Mike Bigelow

Desert Woolstar by Park Volunteer Mike Bigelow


Apricot Mallow by Park Volunteer Mike Bigelow

Phacelia (Wild Heliotrope)
photo by Park Volunteer Grace Clark


Pink-blooming Cheesebush
photo by Park Volunteer Grace Clark
 

     Barrel Cactus