Update end of 2023: Where and when flowers bloom varies from year to year. The bloom depends on the amount of rain and other factors and progresses from warmer lower elevation places to cooler higher elevation places - the bloom often continues through summer and even into fall at higher elevations.
Update 10/30/2023
Sierra Nevada Mountains with fall colors and flowers at the same time:
Update 06/15/2023
I'm still seeing some spectacular flowers! While some flowers are drying up, other types are appearing. I've seen many plants bloom that I had never seen bloom before.
Higher elevations where snow has melted now are full of flowers.
Here is a Big Bear Lake flowers video taken June 8 2023
Where flowers are blooming and/or what types are blooming may have changed from my original post. Flowers at higher elevations are now appearing. Also areas that were covered in water may have flowers popping up now. Scroll down the page for to see my superbloom videos.
Update 05/30/2023
Deep Creek Hot Spring - There were lots of flowers along the trail when I hiked with my fiddle to Deep Creek Hot Spring!
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The 2023 California Super Bloom has begun - spectacular flowers are appearing many places in California.
I have seen many spectacular flowers myself already this year - I am posting some of the video and pictures I have taken this year of the bloom right here - scroll down the page to see.
Some parks and media are downplaying the bloom this year because of the volume of traffic created in the 2019 superbloom. Is the superbloom 2023 going to be as spectacular as 2019? It's early in the season, but I have already seen some spectacular displays of flowers many places.
Some of the past media complaints about "people trampling the flowers" are exaggerated or untrue. People tend to avoid stepping on flowers when looking at them. Poppies are annual plants that die every year and tend to like disturbed soil anyway. The disturbed soil area right next to the Antelope Valley poppy reserve usually has better poppies than the reserve itself.
Spectacular poppies are appearing in the Walker Canyon area - unfortunately, the poppy trail has been closed in Walker Canyon. NIMBY xenaphobic government officials have cut off the access to a public trail. The Walker Canyon Trail is a public right of way and public easement and should remain open. Open up the poppy trail!!
Seems to me that closing down all the parking in the Walker Canyon area will just increase the congestion on the 15 and surrounding areas and prevent people from enjoying nature.
Fortunately or unfortunately for those who get stuck in traffic, you can view the flowers as you drive along the 15 freeway. You can also see the flowers along many back and/or dirt roads to the East, Northeast, North, Northwest, South, and Southeast of Walker Canyon.
Flowers are appearing many other places - lets keep public access open and allow people to enjoy nature!
Carrizo Plain National Monument Video - Incredible Flowers! I just took this 04/2/2023
Here is a video I took 03/07/2023 of the super bloom and me playing my viola in the flowers:
Here is a video edit with more flowers on Facebook: Super Bloom 2023 Facebook video
Here is the video edit with more flowers on YouTube Shorts: Super Bloom 2023 youtube shorts video
I have some additional superbloom videos from 2023 in my Super Bloom 2023 youtube playlist
I made a Super Bloom music album of original and traditional music recordings that I perform. I have some of the music in my new videos and will be using more in other videos I will be releasing soon. Some of the pictures on the album cover were taken 3/16/2023. Here is the album cover:
The pictures on the cover of my album include two recent shots from the super bloom 2023 - the purple flowers where I am holding my fiddle are taken in Anza Borrego State Park - we dispersed camped right by the flowers 3/16/2023.
Other pictures are from 2019 Riverside county near Walker Canyon and an incredible shot from the past near the Antelope valley poppy reserve. With the recent rains, flowers are appearing all over the state of California - more information is at CaliforniaSuperBloom.blogspot.com
Fiddling in the Flowers Super Bloom 2023 Video - shot 03/06/2023 - 03/16/2023 in Riverside County and Anza Borrego State Park - a new video I just posted:
I also put the Superbloom 2023 fiddling in the flowers video on facebook
Anza Borrego State Park Flowers - California Super Bloom 2023 Video
Older pictures from 2019 - click on photo to enlarge:
I will be posting some more pictures and videos of 2023 here. I may also post more access information, but may refrain from posting too much detail from areas that could easily be overwhelmed by traffic.
Here is a Super Bloom Playlist of my videos on YouTube
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