Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

can anyone tell me what the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?
thanks

"narnold" wrote in message
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can anyone tell me what the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?
thanks


Google is your friend.

Quoted from their web site (http://www.calparksmojave.com/poppy/):

This has been a very poor rain year and we have not seen very many poppies
or other wildflowers.

can anyone tell me what the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?

From: "Peter L"

Quoted from their web site (http://www.calparksmojave.com/poppy/):

This has been a very poor rain year and we have not seen very many poppies
or other wildflowers.

Same in Arizona deserts ... we need a couple of soaker rains in October and
early November to scuff up seeds and get them germinating and if those don't
occur (which they haven't the past 3 years) then it's a poor poppy season.

But just above, it says "The Poppy Reserve Visitors Center
will be open starting Mid-March, 2003."

which leads me to wonder if the site's been updated recently.


On 17 Mar 2004 23:16:31 GMT, dy (Bill Hilton)
wrote:

can anyone tell me what the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?

From: "Peter L"

Quoted from their web site (http://www.calparksmojave.com/poppy/):

This has been a very poor rain year and we have not seen very many poppies
or other wildflowers.

Same in Arizona deserts ... we need a couple of soaker rains in October and
early November to scuff up seeds and get them germinating and if those don't
occur (which they haven't the past 3 years) then it's a poor poppy season.

Try this address:

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627

The site below may be an obsolete site? It's kind of odd, because
last year was actually supposed to have been a good poppy year. This
year had been dry up until mid-February, when we got about 4-6 inches
in the LA area. Don't know for sure how much they got on the
otherside of the mountains, but it seemed like they got hit, too.

TK

narnold wrote in message . ..
But just above, it says "The Poppy Reserve Visitors Center
will be open starting Mid-March, 2003."

which leads me to wonder if the site's been updated recently.


On 17 Mar 2004 23:16:31 GMT, dy (Bill Hilton)
wrote:

can anyone tell me what the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?

From: "Peter L"

Quoted from their web site (http://www.calparksmojave.com/poppy/):

This has been a very poor rain year and we have not seen very many poppies
or other wildflowers.

Same in Arizona deserts ... we need a couple of soaker rains in October and
early November to scuff up seeds and get them germinating and if those don't
occur (which they haven't the past 3 years) then it's a poor poppy season.

Originally posted by Narnold
can anyone tell me what
the poppy bloom is shaping up to be this year?
thanks

I
live in the area, and the poppies are not nearly as good as last year.
We had a very wet February, and we're getting more rain this month, but
I'm afraid it isn't going to change things.
Here is a picture I took
last week, this was the only large patch of poppies I could see.


http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/DSC03742.jpg


http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v...m/1e5f371f.jpg


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