Wildflowers

<p>I am keen to go on a trip to take wildflower images and landscapes within continental unites states. I would like to entertain ideas and suggestions to help me decide on a location. Thanks - Anis.</p>

<p>Pretty much any area that is not "built-up" will have some kind of wildflowers. The trick is being there when they bloom, especially in desert regions where you have to be lucky to catch rain.<br>

Many mountain National Parks have seasons when flowers bloom, but there will be some kind of flowering plants at any time in the growing season wherever you are.</p>

<p>They are not exactly growing wild, but arboretums typically have native species in their displays. Look up such institutions like the Missouri Botanical Garden ( http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/ )</p>

 

If you can arrange to be in the desert Southwest after one of its rare rainstorms it is supposed to be

spectacular. (I've only been there in dry spells.)

<p>Bluebonnets are just now starting to come up in the Texas Hill Country. </p>

<p>Thank you all for the info. Any info on wildflowers in Sedona area?</p>

<p>What time of the year - which months?</p>

<p>As an international visitor to the USA Pacific North West for 6 weeks in spring of 2011 and for another 6 weeks again in spring /summer 2014 I found the flowering times varied wildly from location to location in each visit. <br>

I visited many places again the 2014 visit which was as much as 35 days apart from the 2011 visit and found some sites at exactly the same floral stage and some sites completely different.</p>

<p>Lots of wildflowers in Sedona, AZ, and nearby, but when there has been rain a few days earlier in most places. Sometimes desert flower seeds wait years for their brief moment of glory.<br>

Here a couple of hours east of Sedona is what the plateau looks like in very late March. You can see that looking for desert wildflowers is mostly done by people who live nearby year-around.</p><div></div>

<p>Check out Desert Wildflower Reports on Desert USA website. The Theodore Payne Foundation has a nice site too for southern and central CA. </p>

<p>Here is a sample of the sort of web site that might be helpful. I live in the state of Oregon, and this web site is quite helpful for me to find where flowers are blooming. You can probably find other similar sites for any given state. http://oregonwildflowers.org/index1024.html. Have fun. </p>

<p>The flowers and trees are blooming now in the Washington State area. Along the Colombia River Gorge and in Eastern Washington also.</p>