Growing up in New England, it's still a little hard for me to believe that "spring" wildflowers start blooming in January in California. The climate here is completely different of course, with a wet season from October-April and a dry season from May-September.
Many plants start to germinate when the rains begin in October/November, and the earliest flowers appear a few months later in January/February. Here are three species that started flowering during the past week:
Footsteps-of-spring, or yellow mats (Sanicula arctopoides)
[Sometimes called bear's-foot sanicle]
[Sometimes called bear's-foot sanicle]
Baby blue-eyes (Nemophila menziesii)
[Named after Archibald Menzies]
[Named after Archibald Menzies]
Bitter-cress (Cardamine oligosperma)
[Note the developing seed pods, called siliques]
[Note the developing seed pods, called siliques]
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sometimes in a warm winter in a warm corner the snow drops bloom the first week in February in Humarock !! c
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