California hills burst with color in rare wildflower ‘superbloom’

The record-breaking rain in California has created an unexpected and beautiful spring-time “superbloom” of wildflowers all across the state after years of drought. TODAY’s Jacob Soboroff has your Morning Boost.
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[@jkingston5498]

It's breathtaking! Everyone should see this at least once in their life.

[@benjamincornia7311]

I’ll add it to my bucket list. I want to see it in person.

[@gabrielacortez4893]

It is absolutely breathtaking

[@jc4evur661]

@@benjamincornia7311 Better do it very soon

[@mind-of-neo]

I have never even been to California but im so glad y'all got that MUCH needed rain

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

Thanks! It's weird hearing a non-Californian say something nice to us for a change, lol.

[@Gingerhannah23]

@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou I agree, Matt. The comment section is normally laden with hate about any CA news, so this is a breath of fresh air.

[@juliaweber212]

I have but I have never seen this bloom so beautiful

[@boardcertifiable]

We are too, but we hear here that the Salt Lake/Utah needs rain too. Hope some of this water makes it there to help them out.

[@marilynkozlow8400]

It’s absolutely beautiful. We drove from I5 to the central coast and it almost brought tears to my eyes.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Extremely beautiful. Don't doom the bloom! Perfect time to grow up, and get rid of immature selfishness by ignoring necessary rules. Stay on the paths!

[@Trund27]

Absolutely!! Well said.

[@bumblebee5990]

Our golden hills have yet a different tone. It’s amazing, all these flowers are stunning , to think they have waited so long to sprout. I hope everyone gets to see the beauty of nature.

[@SeaTurtle515]

Are you Bumble Bee too?🐝

[@bumblebee5990]

@@SeaTurtle515 yes! Must love the bees! . Are you able to see the s blooms in person?

[@SeaTurtle515]

@@bumblebee5990 The super blooms are about 2 hrs away. I don’t know if I will be able to this year. But all our local hills are full of wildflowers with hiking trails to them, so I’m thankful for that. Yes, I love bees and all the pollinates and all of the natural world. Are you able to visit any of the super blooms?

[@bumblebee5990]

@@SeaTurtle515 Oh yes, I saw huge patches of poppies and lupine when I drove across the state just north of San Luis Obispo. It’s was the first time I had ever seen this much. It’s also starting to really fill out in the Bay Area. Even Oceanside there are a lot more flowers. I am kind of interested in what will happen in the Mendocino area as they have been replanting native species along the costal trails for years. There are varieties of poppies that just are lovely. Nothing beats standing near a tree in blossom listing to all the different bees.

[@adampkalb]

This is refreshing to hear news about the California landscape that is not another wildfire. I almost misread wildflower as wildfire.

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

I'm 55 and have only seen that once when I was a little kid and never forgot it. I've lived in Utah since 1976 and I figured a bloom was coming and wished I could go . I've been enjoying still shot pictures on KZbin. They are incredible 😁

[@Ayveh]

They really are!

[@pmp521]

I saw this back in 2019s super bloom at the Poppy Reserve in Antelope Valley. It was breathtaking. People should see it at least once to experience nature's beauty

[@firamation8114]

But people keep trampling them and killing them just to take a photo idk man

[@rachelleanonymous2740]

I was just down the the Mojave desert for a week and it was gorgeous - mustard yellow all over the ground, along with lighter yellow flowers and bursts of purple blooms! ❤🌻We we're helping my grandma move out of her house after my grandpa passed, and she was so excited to see so many flowers on her last-ever visit.

[@mamikafashion3345]

Beautiful sight, beautiful news, just like what we need now ❤️

[@kathleentyson6727]

I used to go and see this every year ,it’s the most beautiful thing in nature.

[@jdos5643]

California just be having like every beautiful place

[@magesalmanac6424]

@traybern Get a grip 😂 yes, the flowers bloom yearly. But not every time is a “super” bloom. Please watch your blood pressure.

[@RideRedRacer]

@traybern yes, its almost every year. I live here too

[@mollysimmons2960]

What I love is when a good winters rain brings a river of blossoms & magnificent flowers of different species… then after the grass grows long…the wind blows over the meadows & valleys of grass. The grass moves like the water on the Ocean🌊🤩✨

[@whoru7742]

1:33

[@marycompogno5665]

I remember traveling with my parents through the desert when I was a teenager, and it was in bloom. Beautiful colors and the Joshua trees were very pretty. Someone told us it only happens about every nine years or so.😊

[@funnygum1]

It happens when there is heavy rain fall

[@bloodorangemoon]

I have never seen such a bloom before, this year is truly spectacular!

[@michellewitt2071]

I’m in SoCal hiking as often as I can right now! 🤩

[@amishmodi74]

Location please!!!!!

[@Ayveh]

It's all that rain California got not long ago. I think like a 1-3 months ago. Clearly the plants needed it desperately!

[@bloodorangemoon]

@@amishmodi74 We were driving through Chino Hills

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

When I see the month long rain season, I knew Super Bloom is coming!

[@Ayveh]

Same, California desperately needed it!

[@coryart]

As a teenager, I picked a beautiful wildflower off of my families property and I did a detailed painting of it. I never saw that flower again, (other then the painting). I had "Doomed the Bloom".

[@Freedom_and_Democracy]

We miss Huell Howser and California's Gold.

[@briane173]

His shows are all archived at Chapman University's Huell Howser website. He donated his entire library to Chapman before his death. I binge-watched 100s of his episodes and it rekindled my affinity for my native state. Unfortunately the body politic in CA is suffering from a collective epidemic of cranial rectosis, otherwise I'd move back. I miss it.

[@graham974]

“That’s amazing!”

[@acslater017]

Everything is growing like crazy this spring, from my backyard to the landscaped street medians to the flowers growing alongside the grapes in wine country. What a welcome reprieve after several years of yellow and brown!

[@tuyetvo4353]

A lot of water from rain in South California

[@Ayveh]

It's all that rain y'all got a month or few months back.

[@albertomartinez3469]

Thank you for your reference to Mr.Huell Howser. This is truly California's gold REST IN PARADISE Huell Howers🙏😎

[@mooonie6634]

One of my favorite memories of my childhood took place around 1959 in a very small town on the CA coastline, Moss Beach which abutted Half Moon Bay. The open spaces area were filled with those poppies and it was breathtaking to see. Gold everywhere.

[@23SquidOohGrrrl]

Thank you Lee for always keeping it real & prioritizing education. I watch your channel &!others because it sickens & angers me to hear about any cruelty or neglect to any animals. I can only imagine the courage it must take to persevere in the work you do every day. I know you show such a small percent of the negative aspects you witness. I’m so grateful you are a an uncompromising advocate for animals & im so grateful for all the positive stories you show. It doesn’t mean there isn’t horrible cruelty, apathy & people suffering who are so sick they take it out on others. I wish it were otherwise. In the meantime, thanks for all that you, your staff, & your animal rescue peers do everyday both behind & on camera.

[@gabriellegeorge2648]

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[@ruthnolan13]

THANK YOU for educating the public to not walk around amongst the wildflowers! California's deserts are being trampled to death with extreme tourism already. --from a California desert resident

[@joits]

Unfortunately there are still way too many people that either don't know this and continue to behave this way, or even worse, there are those that know what they're doing is wrong but don't care because it means they're able to get their shot for social media.

[@lostwanderer6649]

It's so annoying, you'd think the state would have signs or troopers or chp citing

[@magesalmanac6424]

I recall one town tried to block tourists by parking cars across the single road entrance to the bloom.

[@sunnyday7843]

MONTANA as well- dogs and litter- it is ruined 😢

[@stephanieyee9784]

Hopefully most people will do the right thing and stay on the designated paths. Unfortunately there will be that small percentage of people who cannot help themselves. Some people Always think they are better than others and rules don't apply to them. If the Rangers catch them I hope they're banned for life and given Huge Fines.

[@saffronskies333]

The Carrizo Plain is FANTASTIC this time of year...

[@marymeyer707]

Wish I could see it in person! The colors are incredible!!

[@indigenousandexoticflora8000]

Super bloom-nature's gift

[@67kurtcobainfan27]

Gorgeous rare wildflower ‘superbloom’. 💐🌸💮🏵🌻🌼🌺 🥀 🪴 California welcome back to the garden of paradise. 🌷🌹🌷🌹 🪴

[@kathleenjohnson1885]

I lived in California for over 35 years moving out in 2019. The flowers on the hill sides are beautiful, but every year when this happens, people on the highways, just pull over on the shoulder and walk up into the hills. It creates such a back-up on the freeways that it’s impossible to even get home. Sometimes, the back up is over 10 miles long. These people that pull over are just so incredibly inconsiderate.

[@spacebar9733]

……so….. dont stop and smell the flowers

[@bettyhouk8727]

Maybe so ! Sorry if you were (are) inconvenience! At least the “inconsiderate peoples “ took time out of their wish to get to their destinations also and enjoy MOTHER NATURE’S gift of BEAUTY for all to see, smell and enjoy ! Some of us just have to see the reality of MOTHER NATURE’S BEAUTY. INSTEAD OF PICTURES !🥴 🥰😍👵🏻🙀😺😸🖖👽✌️

[@from-Texas]

WOW! Amazing beautiful poppies!

[@bettyhouk8727]

I grew up in the Bakersfield CALIFORNIA area and I remember how beautiful the hills were in spring time. In particular when we had a “rainy winter “ ! I remember an EASTER SUNRISE our church had up in the hills ! We were surrounded in wild 🌸 flowers 🌺 sooo very very beautiful ! One of my favorite memories! 👵🏻😻😸😺😽🙀🖖👽

[@lisahumphries3898]

I was flying from So. Cal to No. Cal a few days ago and saw it from the air. It looked like paint was spilled on the hills. It was so pretty.

[@Joe-gw9wh]

Omg that makes me want to fly now. Last time I flew that California was completely brown and dry.

[@PatriciaMartinez-ty4er]

Wild flowers growing crazy everywhere in Southern California. There are California sunflowers along our freeways estuaries and open fields. Just beautiful.

[@freelancelady]

Same phenomenon happening in Saudi Arabia. The desert is going green and flowers are blooming. How much rain is important in our lives…😊😊😊

[@sharonloomis5264]

California, listen up! Calendars, placemats, pictures for the wall, fabrics, etc. Go wild California with snapshots. Lots of people are not able to get to your state. Bring it to us please.❤

[@dh00mketu]

Super bloom!! Very creative I couldn't have thought of that. Lol.

[@katherinem.4414]

So beautiful!!

[@mikeandloria]

Thank you for some positivity! Amen 🙏

[@stephanieyee9784]

That is stunning and Mother Nature is the Best.

[@missboozehound]

In San Diego, Florida Canyon has a beautiful bloom.

[@BeautifulGardensExplorer]

the Superbloom really is amazing... wish we have more flower fields in Northern California 😍🧡💛

[@ryanm9318]

Started to sneeze and eyes watering just looking at the thumbnail.

[@bkbland1626]

Arizona is going off too. I'm hiking on the AZT and it's amazing.

[@arveedibira2454]

now they can sing in california... " The Hills are alive.."... not just in Vienna

[@briane173]

God bless ya for giving the shoutout to Huell Howser. I've wanted so badly to get back down south to my native state to take in the superbloom, I'm just hoping it's still going by the time I do get there.

[@melowely]

I live in southern CA around a popular super bloom spot. They closed access due to the chaos a few years back. Now I’m seeing people literally pull over on the side of the freeway to get a selfie in a patch of flowers. 🤦🏻‍♀️😅 They are beautiful, but there are other places to go & just look at them, I don’t get it. This whole selfie culture is out of control.

[@NGC6144]

2019 was great. I went into the canyon earlier in that week before the mega crowds showed up on the weekend. Lookout Point on the Ortega Hwy has a wonderful distant view of the super bloom on those hills.

[@macman3175]

God is reminding us He is still in control!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AhJodie]

Yes, the best time to see the full beauty!!!

[@kathrynsinclare8459]

Congratulations California on your super bloom year. 👏👋🏻🧑‍🦳👋🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@westho7314]

i live in the Northern Mojave Desert near Death Valley, Just driving the 140 mile round trip to the grocery store for me is a visual smorgasbord of color, after nearly 20 years of drought & the last superbloom being 2005 its quite a treat for the eyes.

[@floridaaguada4216]

Such a blessing beautiful flowers.❤❤❤❤

[@tracybranson1699]

Thanks for letting everyone know. It was a drag to show up with hundreds of ppl every where and then someone told us that it was on the news and that's why so many ppl. I'm glad everyone gets to enjoy and ugh. Showing my age, we remember the days when we could be with nature with out a city of people and their dogs. I remember when camping was a vacation for poor people. 🤣

[@lopezexplora]

It’s a must on your bucket list of places to visit whenever this happens, I’m so lucky it’s only 40 minutes drive from home ( Santa Clarita California)

[@psfca]

No more drought and beautiful super bloom

[@juliaweber212]

So beautiful

[@DaDansinBear]

I lived out there for more than 13 years and I never seen anything like this. This is effing beautiful.

[@c.d.9035]

These flowers were so common when I was a kid. We called wild mustard gold, lupines silver, and California poppies copper.

[@suziperret468]

Super Bloom! California’s gold!!

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

It’s a sign ! 🙏❤️💐

[@Devonellah]

This makes my day!!!

[@DanielGennaro]

Wish I was there 😢

[@A.Rose.G]

This is stunning... Thank you for showing it. Glad there are eyes watching over... Most of us humans will ruin it in our enthusiasm...

[@tomtaber1102]

The Carrizo Plain National Monument is probably the best place to see it.

[@L.Spencer]

The hills of San Diego are yellow with mustard and small daisies and sunflowers.

[@gloriaharo6075]

HWY 138 looks spectacular!

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Similar bloom of poppies outside Phoenix; just magnificent. Wish everyone could see it.

[@arthurb8924]

This happened about 5 years ago, too.

[@flowerredanna8890]

Hermosa la creación de Jehová 😊

[@puppylove422]

I love when this bloom happens with the wild flowers! I love it when it happens :DDDD

[@janegoodwin1823]

When I lived in SoCal before I escaped in 2007, we used to drive out to Lancaster to see the spring flowers. What a beautiful sight it was.

[@kaiyaom2195]

Oh wow it so beautiful nature ❤❤

[@joybrainanuersymsurvivor]

im taking a botany class and this is awesome to see the bloom!

[@linda6987]

Invasive species = humans! Good job rangers! Keep them all out! ♥️❤️🧡💛

[@raclark2730]

You are invasive.

[@joycej9415]

For those of us who live in the desert a big bloom after early rains is expected. I haven't got to see it in person in California but have in New Mexico with sand verbena and Mexican gold poppies

[@Niteowlette]

New Mexico does not have California poppies. You cannot imagine how breathtaking this is until you see it in person.

[@joycej9415]

@Night Owlette we have Mexican gold poppies that are very similar. I know what you mean though, seeing blooms cover a field in person can take your breath away! The Organ Mountains here in Southern New Mexico have a lot of those the last few weeks.

[@keithwilliams5600]

Mother Nature is awesome 👍! 🌺🌹💪

[@classical7]

Gorgeous! Don't doom the bloom!!

[@jojopuppyfish]

Lancaster is 1 hour north of Los Angeles. And thank you for mentioning Huel Howser!!! May he rest in peace. BTW its called the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

[@8188jlpc]

Antelope is closed to keep the idiots out

[@jojopuppyfish]

@@8188jlpc So where is the above video located?

[@8188jlpc]

@@jojopuppyfish Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

[@Niteowlette]

The AV poppy reserve is not closed.

[@sunni.6375]

People forget it's illegal to pick and destroy California poppies. California navies know this rule by heart.

[@rdbeckett590]

Beautiful!

[@tys1646]

Wow that’s nice 😍

[@Sailor376also]

I spent much of my winter in south western Arizona. With an unusual rain after rain after rain in January and February,, the desert of creosote, mesquite, and saguaro cactus,, and dead dry sand and crust,, turned green. It grew grass.

[@beybslifeintheus494]

Beautiful flowers

[@janetteellingham4982]

Mother Natures gift to us. Don’t ruin it people

[@sleeks9939]

TX, Florida! CaLOVEfornia Hold my beer, just fantastic!

[@Ayveh]

They are beautiful, saw another video where it said/showed it being seen from space.

[@DETROIT1948]

California Dreaming 🎉

[@Joanne9557]

Spectacular!!!

[@SeaTurtle515]

Breathtaking!

[@leoniebailey754]

After the gloom then comes the bloom saying all is not lost there's hope

[@callen8908]

Thanks for mentioning Hugh and California’s Gold

[@emotivelyy_]

Wonderful.

[@clarabellcutting8745]

I love flowers

[@sarahs5340]

Nicest news I’ve heard in a while. 🌸🌼🧡

[@yonatancruz2761]

Imagine a desert is full of seeds of all sorts in the ground just waiting for it to get soaked completely by water.

[@mfelce]

Every year it's a super bloom lol

[@dragonfox2.058]

fabulous

[@TropicalPassionFruit]

I have a superbloom of weeds! Had luck with Arroyo Lupines. Still waiting for poppies to bloom.

[@rambo410]

This happened a few years ago in California and you saw it from space

[@BORN-to-Run]

CALIFORNIA bloomed like this ALL THE TIME back in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s!

[@glenncordova4027]

When the Spanish first entered California in the 1500s, they named it Tierra del Fuego. The land of fire. Some say it was because of the orange poppies covering the hills. It might be because the chaparral burns regularly.

[@BORN-to-Run]

@@glenncordova4027 THE Spanish were not very successful in their colonial ventures, but one thing they did well, was DOCUMENT where they went, and what they saw.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

how old are you 500 years old you make like you were there.

[@lokesh303101]

California is lucky

[@fatsilver5905]

It's almost like nature is saying: sorry for not blooming before

[@naveednaqvi1697]

Love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Nigelrathbone1]

The bright orange poppy is the State flower for a reason.