What's Blooming in April

Just click on the photo to learn more about the plant.     Not finding your plant? Try March or May.

Native Plants: annual spring wildflowers

Foothill deervetch blooming at Academy Village

foothill deervetch

Coulter's lupine blooming at Academy Village

Coulter's lupine

blue gilia blooming at Academy Village

blue gilia

chia

desert chicory

Native Plants: perennials, shrubs, and trees

closeup of flowers of brittlebush blooming at Academy Village

brittlebush

creosote

creosote

desert globemallow

desert globemallow

fleabane

fleabane

Goodding verbena blooming at Academy Village

Goodding verbena

flower of desert marigold blooming at Academy Village

desert marigold

flower of chuparosa blooming at Academy Village

chuparosa

Sonoran prickly poppy blooming at Academy Village

Sonoran prickly poppy

blue palo verde

desert penstemon blooming at Academy Village

desert penstemon

native fairy duster blooming at Academy Village

fairy duster

golden dyssodia blooming at Academy Village

golden dyssodia

ocotillo blooming at Academy Village

ocotillo

bahia blooming at Academy Village

bahia

desert zinnia blooming at Academy Village

desert zinnia

whitestem paperflower blooming at Academy Village

paperflower

spiny goldenweed blooming at Academy Village

spiny goldenweed

datura blooming at Academy Village

datura

hedgehog cactus

trailing windmills

desert senna

rough menodora

Non-Native Plants: plants used in landscapes

bottlebrush

bottlebrush

sweet acacia blooming at Academy Village

sweet acacia

autumn sage blooming at Academy Village

autumn sage

silver spurge blooming at Academy Village

silver spurge

damianita blooming at Academy Village

damianita

trailing lantana blooming at Academy Village

trailing lantana

blue emu bush

Invasive or Weedy Plants: both non-native and native

INVASIVE!
buffelgrass

INVASIVE!
red brome

Malta starthistle blooming at Academy Village

INVASIVE!
Malta starthistle

 

 

 

 

 

 

redstem filaree non-native that spreads

redstem filaree
non-native that spreads

Bermuda grass
non-native that spreads