Flowering Desert in Anza Borrego National Park

Almost on the border of the United States and Mexico lies the Anza Borrego National Park. Its territory covers 2,400 square kilometers and is part of the Sonora Desert, extending in the southwestern part of the North American continent. Anza Borrego Park is the second largest reserve in the United States.

Every year, in the spring, the desert is transformed, and numerous types of flowers bloom here. To admire this amazing sight, thousands of people from all over America come to the park. The degree of lushness and strength of flowering in this desert is directly related to the amount of precipitation that fell during the winter. After heavy rains, the desert blooms abundantly and for a long time, completely covered with colorful flower fields. Well, if there was little precipitation or they fell late, the flowering is not too strong, and in some places the desert does not bloom at all.

The flowering desert consists of three parts, in each of which you can find different types of plants. For example, in the lower, sandy, part of the desert, desert lilies and vervain bloom, evening primrose and other grassy plants. In the middle, rocky desert, there are numerous flowering cacti, and if you go up to the highest mountainous part, you can see flowering yucca and agave.