Photos: Wildflowers in bloom around Tucson, 2020
Winter rains meant a bumper crop of desert wildflowers for Spring, 2020, in Catalina State Park as well as many neighborhoods in and around Tucson.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A Blue Lupines stands out from the Gold Poppies and purple Owl's Clover on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Diane Stowell, front, hikes past a group of Mexican and California Gold Poppies and Blue Lupines with her husband Curt Stowell on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Light shines on a group of Desert Chicory on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A Penstemon stands next to a trail on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A hiker walks past a trail lined with Mexican and California Gold Poppies as he heads back to the main trail on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A group of Purple Owl's Clover stand out in front of a bed Gold Poppies on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Edita Navratilova, right, takes pictures of a group of Mexican and California Gold Poppies on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
From left to right, Gabriella Porreca, Edita Navratilova and Frank Porreca hike past a bed of Mexican and California Gold Poppies on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Desert Blue Bells bloom in front of a home in River View Estates, in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A group of Penstemon bloom in front of a home in River View Estates, in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Matthew Halteman, left, and Stephanie Halteman walk with their daughter Brady Halteman, 2, along a line of wildflowers in bloom on E. Old Spanish Trail in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020. The Halteman family decided to go for a walk to get out of the house. East Old Spanish Trail is a popular street lined with wildflowers.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
An Aloe Vera plant's flower stalks bloom along a wall on E. Wrightstown Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A group of Lupines and Desert Globemallow begin to bloom along N. Kolb Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020. Along N. Kolb Rd., between N. Sabino Canyon Rd. and E. Sunrise Dr., the street is lined will Brittlebush and other wildflowers.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A Penstemon in bloom along Tangerine near Sage Brook and the Verde Ranch neighborhood, Saturday, March 28, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. Wildflowers are blooming long both sides of Tangerine in the area.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A few varieties of wildflowers are popping up in an island at Wilson Avenue and Juanita Street in Catalina Vista, Saturday, March 28, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Flowers sprouting up from the curb in Poets Square, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Flowers outside the neighborhood garden in Dunbar Spring, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A bee lands on a flower in the community garden in Dunbar Spring, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Flowers bloom in the Dunbar Spring community garden, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Flowers bloom in the Dunbar Spring community garden, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
Flowers against a wall of a home in Dunbar Spring, on March 28, 2020.
Wildflowers around Tucson, 2020
A group of Brittlebush bloom in front of a house along N. Kolb Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 29, 2020. Along N. Kolb Rd., between N. Sabino Canyon Rd. and E. Sunrise Dr., the street is lined will Brittlebush and other wildflowers.
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