Most of the time desert flowers are invisible, spending their lives as seeds waiting for just the right amount of moisture to germinate. Each variety has its own strategy. "Where rosette plants ...

In March 2024, the park volunteer, Deb Manley, shared photos of the flowers — which measured 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) across and were poking out from between desert rocks — to ...

On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy period can produce "super blooms," where even the Atacama becomes blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ...

By combining those images with environmental conditions, scientists hope to predict when and where massive super blooms — those rare, breathtaking explosions of desert flowers — will occur.

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

Expect to see vast fields of yellow, purple and orange wildflowers stretching as far as the eye can see. The bloom typically peaks between March and early April. 3. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ...

“The global extinction crisis is hitting home right here in the Mojave Desert, and we’re fighting back to save this special little flower.” White-margined penstemon (Penstemon albomarginatus). Photo ...