Heterotheca grandiflora (Telegraph Weed or Silk-Grass Goldenaster Asteraceae family), Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego, California September 2023. More photos will load as you scroll down. Tap on a thumbnail to open the image larger (especially on small-screen devices). Please use the filter bar above the photos, to limit by color and/or type (I follow CalFlora’s classification into herbs and shrubs wildflowers are herbs, bushes etc. If you’re looking for a photo you see here but can’t find it in the store, please contact me and I’ll add it. Thanks.Ī selection of these photos is readily available as prints in my print-on-demand store. You can either contact me, or leave a comment, below. If you notice that any of the names (common and/or scientific) are wrong or imprecise, please let me know so that I can correct the mistake. I did my best to properly identify the plants, but I’m not a botanist. The excellent CalFlora database returns over 1800 records, when queried for native herbs (flowers) alone, in San Diego County… so this gallery will quite likely never be complete! More native plants grow here than in the entire state of Alaska (which is roughly 145 times larger in land than San Diego County), Hawaii, or both of the Dakotas. San Diego County is a biodiversity hot-spot - it is in fact the most bio-diverse county in the United States, with 26 different vegetation zones, from coastal marshes to the desert. I also have an (incomplete) archive for San Diego Native Plant Portraitswith individual galleries, and a full archive of plant photos with search, and last not least, a small gallery of common invasive plants in San Diego County to help with the identification of those. As temperatures warm and we get more consistent sunshine, we will see our Jacarandas finally start to bloom those familiar purple flowers we look forward to each year.This is a “best of” gallery with the goal of having just one photo of every native plant I could find and photograph in San Diego County. Still, overall, I think we are seeing a mass response to the wet conditions and cool temperatures that continued into the spring. “Individual Jacaranda trees have their own varying genetics and can respond to environmental stimuli differently. The following statement was sent to NBC 7 from the City of San Diego on behalf of Widener. It’s one area the City of San Diego says you can see them, but as the city’s forester Brian Widener said, the wet and cold winter conditions likely played a role in the delayed bloom. Right now at Waterfront Park in Downtown San Diego, there are multiple trees blooming with purple flowers. “The flowers are just so beautiful and when you walk and look down into the sidewalk you find it covered with these beautiful flowers,” Raney said. Rick Raney is still waiting for the Jacaranda in his Mission Hills neighborhood to show its full color. However, don’t let their sticky flowers take away from their beauty. “Don’t rub them off or you’re probably going to end up with fingerpaints on everything.” “If you have to park by them, just know that you want to use some water to take them off,” Palafox said. She reminds us while these purple petals are picturesque on tree branches, when they fall they can be messy. ”You either love them or you hate them,” Palafox said. San Diego did not see one fully clear day in May. Toni Palafox, the owner of Mission Hills Nursery, says the cooler and cloudier conditions are keeping some of these buds from breaking through. The National Weather Service reported just last month there were more cloudy than sunny days and temperatures were below seasonal norms at San Diego International Airport. “We are into the first part of June now and though there are scattered trees throughout San Diego that are really pushing a lot of blooms, I think the greater majority have a lot less amount of blooms that are coming forth,” Morgan said. ”They are definitely an eye-catcher and very well known in San Diego,” Morgan said. Morgan said they are non-native trees from South America and typically bloom around early to mid-May, but not this year. Jacaranda trees are hard to miss, even when they’re not fully flourishing, they are bright in contrast to a gloomy sky, which is part of the reason there aren’t as many in bloom. Get San Diego local news, weather forecasts, sports and lifestyle stories to your inbox.
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