California Gardening: How are the wildflowers this year (Joshua Tree, Mojave)?, 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Hey Critter!
The more rain we get, the better the wildflower show. There is also the fire recovery in some areas. Different plants move in after the fires and it takes years sometimes for recovery to occur. I had the pleasure of touring a remote area yesterday behind locked gates. Part of the land is forestry and part belongs the nature conservancy and part is an historic ancient Native American Indian Village site.
A few years ago, the hills we saw yesterday were burnt to crisp in one of the areas wildfires. Recovery is slow especially during the drought this year.
Look at the range of hills in the back of weird shaped Yucca which is blooming. Those hills were burned back three years ago. Most of the old oaks, and the sycamore trees were at the very least damaged. The Yucca isn't as tall this year, the blooms are starting to fade on a lot of things already.
Some things appear to not mind the frequent wildfires. Some of the bushes can be burned to the roots and still come back. Some trees will come back too.
Some pockets had a lot more wild flowers than others. I've seen those hills in the background of this photo covered with patches of color on a really rainy year.
I guess there is nothing to brag about this year.
WIB,
SW