Saguaro blooms brighten the desert
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Saguaro blooms have popped up all around Tucson, and we aren't mad about it.
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Sabino Canyon saguaro
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A blooming saguaro in Sabino Canyon with more buds waiting to open.
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBlooming saguaro and ridge
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A blooming saguaro in Sabino Canyon with a ridge of the Catalina Mountains in the background.
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarMultiple blooms
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A saguaro with multiple blooms in Sabino Canyon.
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBlooms and buds
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Saguaros with blooms and many buds in Sabino Canyon. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBlooming saguaro
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Some saguaros are blooming at Pima Prickly Park. — Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarSaguaro and ocotillo
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A blooming saguaro with an ocotillo in bloom nearby.
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBees and blooms
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Bees visit the blooms of a saguaro cactus.
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBee and bloom
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A bee visits a saguaro in the Catalina Foothills. Some saguaros oddly bloomed just five months ago.
Brilliant bloom
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A saguaro produces a brilliant bloom in the Catalina Foothills in mid-April 2018. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBlooms in the foothills
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A saguaro blooming in the Catalina Foothills on April 12, 2018. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarSaguaro and ocotillo blooms
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A saguaro blooming in the Catalina Foothills on April 12, 2018, ocotillo blooms nearby. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarSaguaro in bloom
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A saguaro blooming in the Catalina Foothills on April 12, 2018. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarSaguaro blooming in foothills
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A saguaro blooming in the Catalina Foothills on April 12, 2018. -- Credit: Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarBlooming saguaro
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This saguaro is in the Catalina Foothills. While full bloom usually arrives in May, the blossoms often start in April.
Photos by Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily StarSaguaro blooms
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A saguaro blooming in the Catalina Foothills on April 12, 2018.
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More information
- Saguaros are on a blooming binge in Tucson's Sabino Canyon
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- Rental cabins, campsites included in $4M makeover to state park north of Tucson
- Pima Prickly Park is a preserve of — yep — prickly plants
- Prickly things are blooming in deserts around Tucson
- Some Tucson-area saguaros are bursting into bloom in mid-April
- It's time for spring bloom chapter 2 across Tucson
- Brilliant red blooms of ocotillos are busting out all over
- Help Tucson's Saguaro National Park prove that we have the best sunsets
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