Arizona Wildflowers

Travel | Arizona Wildflowers

I am in love with Arizona wildflowers. They are bright, beautiful and contrast the desert landscape in the most breathtaking way.

On Saturday, I hopped in my car with the Wild in Arizona book and went for a drive toward Florence, Arizona. I had recently checked the Desert USA site and saw photographs and a note stating wildflowers were blooming along the Pinal Pioneer Parkway and the E Florence-Kelvin Highway.

I was quite pleased with the scenic drive and ran into several patches of lupine, fiddleneck and Mexican gold poppies along the way. The dirt portion of the E Florence-Kelvin Highway is well maintained and I had no trouble traveling in my Jetta. This weekend, I plan to make a trip to the Peridot Mesa to photograph expansive fields of poppies.