Friday Flower Fiesta — #10 (March 30, 2012)
Throughout San Diego’s neighborhoods and along the many streets and freeways is a spectacular burst of color, particularly with the bougainvillea and ice plant. They are at their peak right now and typically last through about mid-May. Here’s a sampling from my exploits today where I was up in San Marcos at 8:00 a.m. and over in Spring Valley at 1:00 p.m., a distance of about 60 miles.
Seven bougainvilleas, one yellow daisy, and five ice plants:
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Lovely flowers! Good work Russ
Thanks. This time of year it’s bad for me to drive on freeways because going 60 miles takes several hours. lol
What a feast of color! Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing! We are just into spring flowers right now. I love Bouganvilla, and the other colorful daisy-like flowers you have here…
I never saw a bougainvillea until I came to San Diego 18 years ago. It’s one of my favorites because it blooms year-round, and massively, but even more so in the mid-spring.
Oh, you live in the best place! I haven’t been there in years. San Diego has to be just about the best climate ever! My parents had Bouganvilla when they lived in Florida. That’s where I got used to seeing it! I love the colors and how large it can get. Thanks!
They used to grow madly in PNG so your photos have made me nostalgic!
I hope it’s a good nostalgia!
Very good!
When my wife and I traveled out west and to the southwest, seeing the bougainvillea spilling over fences like waterfalls in a burst of color was always one of our most anticipated sites. We loved it so much that a large art print of this beautiful plant now graces our living room wall. A wonderful reminder of our time spent to the west …
Need a picture of it!
Oh how beautiful! I haven’t heard of ice plant before. Do you know if it also has a different name?
As far as I know, it’s ice plant. Its leaves and stems are full of water, and planted in mass it’s very effective at stopping a wildfire in its tracks, which is why so many people use it around here.
Most of the beautiful ones are Lampranthus species (a couple hundred of them) although there are a few Delosperma species.
Russel: The bougainvillea remind me of what we see when we go to Rockport along the Texas Coast. I’ve tried to grow them here at Canyon Lake but for some reason my green thumb doesn’t work. The Ice Plant photos are awesome.
Thank you for sharing your Friday Fiesta Flower Power.
Ceil Winters
Mother Nature once again outdoes herself!!!!
I think she had a kick in the pants from Father Nature! lol
Thanks for an early touch of spring. We in upstate NY are still waiting despite a two week warm spell.
Don’t worry Wally. They (and I don’t know who “they” are) say that things start in California and work their way eastward across the nation. lol
As long as they don’t start in “Jersey” I will be happy.