Because of the unusual cold in the Southern California area this year, and the rain, the Spring flowers are just now starting to show when usually they are already gone by March/April. The Padres shooting stars are gone, but poppies and lupines (many varieties) are everywhere as are chinese houses, checkblooms, mariposa and catalina lilies, farewell-to-spring and 5 spot clarkia, fiddleneck, radish, sunflowers, tall buttercup, brittleweed, peonies, windmill pinks, redmaids, blue eyed grass, cob-webbed thistle, ceonothus, chamise, elderberry, flannelbush, etc. It comes and goes so quickly but when it comes, it's beautiful I'll post some photos later.