Around Southern California, other hues are swirling before our marveling eyes, and through our nature-noticing fancies, too. Those include orange for poppies, purple for wisteria, and all of the colors that fill out the sizable tulip bed at Descanso Gardens.
And there are a lot of tulips to behold, when all of the fanciful flowers begin to open at once. The stately, skyward specimens traditionally do just that when the second half of March arrives, but timing your tulip-focused foray can be a bit tricky.
Good thing that the Descanso Gardens social media team has you covered, for the call just went out, on Wednesday, March 16, that "recent warm weather has caused more #tulips to flower this week." Some 30,000 bulbs were gently placed in the rich soil of the garden's Promenade area in late January, a major effort that requires the dedication, patience, and can-do of several staff members and volunteers.
Beholding those bulbs when they've transformed into fully blossoming flowers is a must-sigh, er, must-see sight of a Southern California springtime, and if the March 16 post is an indication, the sighs are starting up. And the sighs will surely continue, for these pretty perennials form a striking spectrum of color. Purples, reds, yellows, and all sorts of stripes can be seen among the photo-ready flowers.
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