After exploring the southern portion of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park earlier in the day on February 24, 2019 - I decided to head north to check out the Borrego Badlands. This was a good spot for blooms a couple of years ago. Sure enough, the blooms were starting to look good here this year as well. As mentioned in previous posts, the very heavy rains in the last few weeks are causing a lot of early wildflower blooms. Note that this is NOT yet a super bloom and there is no guarantee that a super bloom will happen this year. There are nice areas of blooms in select locations, but not huge meadows or badlands full of blooms everywhere. It still could happen, but sometimes too much rain can carry the seeds away. Also, there were several days of freezing cold temperatures and heavy winds. Anyways, the general consensus is that in the the few week there will be a heavier than normal bloom to say the least. Be sure to check the Facebook groups, Anza-Borrego websites, and/or the visitor center if you're not too familiar with the park and wish to see some flowers. Don't make the mistake I made many years ago and just drive out to the desert expecting to see flowers - you need to know where to look. The flowers in these photos are Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus).
