85 brilliant displays of Southwest wildflowers
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Take a look at some of the brilliant flower displays Tucson has had in the past few years.
Winter bloom in Pima Canyon
- Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star
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It may be mid-winter on the calendar, but recent rains and balmy weather have brought an early bloom of spring wildflowers like this one to Pima Canyon north of Tucson. Share your winter bloom pics in the comments. Photo by Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star.
Poppies in bloom
- Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star
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Gold poppies have burst into bloom this week at Saguaro National Park west of Tucson. It appears that abundant winter rains and recent warm weather have brought the poppy flowers a bit earlier than usual this year. Photo by Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star.
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
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The remains of an old tree is surrounded by golden-colored poppies and a smattering of purple-colored lupines cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
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Table Mountain on the western edge of the Santa Catalina Mountains are a backdrop to some of the golden-colored poppies that cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
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The remains of a dead tree are covered by golden-colored poppies and a smattering of purple-colored lupines and other wildflowers that cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- BENJIE SANDERS
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Visitors at the Tohono Chul Park were in for a great treat as they got a chance to see an assortment of colorful flowers in bloom there. The flowers are a mixture of Poppies, Western Wallflowers and Blue Bells. Photo was taken by in Tucson, Arizona at Tohono Chul Park. Photo by Benjie Sanders. APRIL 4, 2002 F1
Southwest wildflowers
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
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Wildflowers along an access road southeast of Sandario Rd. and Mile Wide Rd. along a section for a proposed hiking/biking/horse trail following the Central Arizona Project canal lines, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Some desert areas around Tucson, like this one in Sabino Canyon, are choked with green growth and blooming wildflowers as a result of abundant winter rains. Photo taken March 26, 2015. Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Jim Davis
A bee take nectar from a poppy growing along Tangerine Road near Innovation Drive is just one of the wildflowers around the Old Pueblo, Tohono Chul Park and Gates Pass Friday, February 27th, 2009. Jim Davis Arizona Daily Star
Winter bloom in Pima Canyon
- Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star
It may be mid-winter on the calendar, but recent rains and balmy weather have brought an early bloom of spring wildflowers like this one to Pima Canyon north of Tucson. Share your winter bloom pics in the comments. Photo by Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star.
Poppies in bloom
- Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star
Gold poppies have burst into bloom this week at Saguaro National Park west of Tucson. It appears that abundant winter rains and recent warm weather have brought the poppy flowers a bit earlier than usual this year. Photo by Doug Kreutz, Arizona Daily Star.
Brittlebush blooms
- Photos by Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Grab the camera or put your smartphone into photo mode and get ready to start snapping. The rain earlier this month triggered brittlebush wildflowers to go into a blooming binge across the Tucson area.
Southwest wildflowers
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Sta
Arizona lupine spread throughout a field of Meixican gold poppies along Silverbell Road in the Ironwood Forest National Monument northwest of Tucson AZ., Wed., Mar. 24, 2010. KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Sta
A couple of Canterbury bells sprouting among Mexican gold poppies along Silverbell Road in the Ironwood Forest National Monument northwest of Tucson AZ., Wed., Mar. 24, 2010. KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Ross D. Franklin
Alysia, left, a second grader at Borton Primary Magnet School, uses a magnifier to look at desert wildflowers in the school's desert sanctuary Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Tucson while classmate Amanda records data. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 24, 2010, surrounded by wildflowers, Greg Kolt with Pusch Ridge Stables, leads a group on a trail ride in Catalina State Park, outside Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, A.E. Araiza)
Southwest wildflowers
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Sta
A bee flies from bloom to bloom among a clump of brittlebush, one of the wildflowers visible along Picture Rocks Road in the Saguaro National Park West, Tues. Mar. 13, 2012, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell/ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Southwest wildflowers
- Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
A stone ruin (apparently of an old ranch building) with yellow wildflowers around it is along the Wild Burro Trail in the Tortolita Mountains. Thursday March 8, 2012. Tucson, Arizona photo by: Doug Kreutz/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
An area of mostly poppies brighten up the desert along West Picture Rocks Road in the Saguaro National Park West on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Golden-colored poppies and a smattering of purple-colored lupines cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
The remains of an old tree is surrounded by golden-colored poppies and a smattering of purple-colored lupines cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Table Mountain on the western edge of the Santa Catalina Mountains are a backdrop to some of the golden-colored poppies that cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
A blackened tree stump is a marked contrast to the golden-colored poppies in the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
The remains of a dead tree are covered by golden-colored poppies and a smattering of purple-colored lupines and other wildflowers that cover portions of the hills in Catalina State Park on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- BENJIE SANDERS
Visitors at the Tohono Chul Park were in for a great treat as they got a chance to see an assortment of colorful flowers in bloom there. The flowers are a mixture of Poppies, Western Wallflowers and Blue Bells. Photo was taken by in Tucson, Arizona at Tohono Chul Park. Photo by Benjie Sanders. APRIL 4, 2002 F1
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Yellow wildflowers grow up to a nopal or prickly pear along West Picture Rocks Road in the Saguaro National Park West on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Jim Davis
Cultivated Indigo bush like these growing at Tohono Chul Park with the bee is just one of the wildflowers around the Old Pueblo, Tohono Chul Park and Gates Pass Friday, February 27th, 2009. Jim Davis Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
Wildflowers along an access road southeast of Sandario Rd. and Mile Wide Rd. along a section for a proposed hiking/biking/horse trail following the Central Arizona Project canal lines, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
Southwest wildflowers
- A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
A tiny yellow wildflower brushes up against a spiny nopal or prickly pear along West Picture Rocks Road in the Saguaro National Park West on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, outside Tucson, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
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