Wildflowers blanket Death Valley in best display since 2016
The California desert is seeing its most colourful display in a decade as flowers cover the region.
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Wildflowers blanket Death Valley in best display since 2016 By Jo Wade BBC Weather Published 17 minutes ago Death Valley in California - the hottest place on Earth and the driest place in North America - is currently carpeted in wildflowers in what is shaping up to be the best bloom in a decade. The National Park Service officially categorised this as an above-average bloom year on 22 February, with low-elevation flowers blooming throughout the park. It is the best event the site has seen since 2016, with swaths of the desert transformed and covered in golden and violet flora. The trigger was an unusually wet autumn. Record rainfall of 2.41in (6.1cm) hit Death Valley in the autumn of 2025, soaking seeds and washing off their protective coatings to trigger sprouting, followed by a dramatically wetter winter that provided the steady moisture needed for root development. The bright yellow desert gold is currently one of the most prominent flowers on display, alongside brown-eyed primrose, grape soda lupine and desert star. Low-elevation flowers are expected to persist until mid-to-late March, with higher elevation blooms predicted from April through June. While some have used the term "superbloom", the park itself is cautious about the label. NPS officials noted that although there are not as many flowers as in past superbloom years, there are far more than most years. Previous superblooms in Death Valley occurred in 1998, 2005 and 2016. More on this story Rare wildflowers blanket Atacama desert Published 11 October 2025 Rare pink daffodils might be growing in your garden - could you spot one? Published 5 days ago
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